Heal the Living

Heal the Living

Film poster
Réparer les vivants
Directed by Katell Quillévéré
Produced by David Thion
Justin Taurand
Philippe Martin
Screenplay by Katell Quillévéré
Gilles Taurand
Based on Réparer les vivants (Mend the Living)
by Maylis de Kerangal
Starring Tahar Rahim
Emmanuelle Seigner
Anne Dorval
Bouli Lanners
Kool Shen
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography Tom Harari
Edited by Thomas Marchand
Production
company
Les Films du Bélier
Les Films Pelléas
Distributed by Mars Films (France)
Release dates
  • 4 September 2016 (2016-09-04) (Venice)
  • 2 November 2016 (2016-11-02) (France)
Running time
104 minutes
Country France
Belgium
Language French

Heal the Living (original title: Réparer les vivants) is a 2016 French-Belgian drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré and written by Quillévéré and Gilles Taurand. It stars Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval, Bouli Lanners and Kool Shen. The film was scored by Alexandre Desplat. Based on the novel Réparer les vivants (Mend the Living) by Maylis de Kerangal, Heal the Living interweaves three stories connected to each other via an organ transplant.[1] The film was presented in the Horizons section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.[2][3]

Cast

Critical response

Variety described the film as "sublimely compassionate, heart-crushing"[4] Screendaily said the film is "an emotionally satisfying, cinematically deft look at interwoven fates...which knits together quietly luminous performances".[5]

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