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How post modern is this? (I'm Asking for SPOILERS)

posted 12 years ago by johnjohnson68510
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I assume that the girl doesn't get cured. I think it would be really hard to play a miracle on screen to a contemporary audience. So, no miracle. But a hint, right? I assume the story has the post modern chops to "end in a clarifying ambiguity" where you're not sure exactly what just happened, except that she still can't walk--though hope flutters about somewhere, at the edges? Something like that?

[–] fatpie42 11 years ago

If you wanted to interpret that it was a miracle you are free to do so. The film allows for that. And yes, she is able to walk at Lourdes even though she was paralysed at the beginning of the film... yet even the Catholic doctor at Lourdes is unwilling to leap to the conclusion that this is a bona fide miracle.

You will have to watch the film yourself. Seriously, you won't regret it! :D

[–] johnjohnson68510 11 years ago

Thanks for the word. I'll check it out.

How post modern is this? (*****I'm Asking for SPOILERS*****)

How post modern is this? (I'm Asking for SPOILERS)