''Heal the Living'' (french: Réparer les vivants) is a 2016

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

film directed by

Katell Quillévéré Katell Quillévéré (born 30 January 1980) is a French film director and screenwriter, known for directing the films ''Love Like Poison'' (2010) and ''Suzanne (2013 film), Suzanne'' (2013). In 2015 she was selected to be a member of the jury for ...

from a screenplay she co-wrote with Gilles Taurand, based on the 2013 novel ''Réparer les vivants'' (''Mend the Living'') by

Maylis de Kerangal Maylis de Kerangal (born 16 June 1967) is a French author. Her novels deeply explore people in their work lives. She has won several awards for her work, and her novels have been published in several languages. Two have been adapted as films. L ...

. It stars

Tahar Rahim Tahar Rahim (born 4 July 1981) is a Franco-Algerian actor. He is known for his starring role as Malik El Djebena in the 2009 award-winning French movie ''A Prophet'' by Jacques Audiard, FBI Agent Ali Soufan in ''The Looming Tower'', Judas in the ...

Emmanuelle Seigner Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French former fashion model, singer, and actress. She is known for her roles in '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' (2007), ''The Ninth Gate'' (1999) and '' Frantic'' (1988). She has been nominate ...

Anne Dorval Anne Dorval (; born November 8, 1960) is a French-Canadian television, stage, and film actress. She is known for her work with Xavier Dolan that includes appearing in five of his films, ''I Killed My Mother'' (2009), '' Heartbeats'' (2010), ''Laur ...

Bouli Lanners Philippe "Bouli" Lanners (born 20 May 1965) is a Belgian actor, author and film director. His film '' The Giants'' was nominated for twelve Magritte Awards, winning five, including Best Film and Best Director. Biography Lanners was born on 20 ...

and

Kool Shen Bruno Lopes (, ; born 9 February 1966), better known as Kool Shen, is a French rapper, actor and producer, with Portuguese and Breton origins. He is also a break dancer and a graffiti artist. He is a co-founder of Suprême NTM and one of the m ...

. ''Heal the Living'' interweaves three stories connected to each other via an organ transplant. The film was presented in the Horizons section at the

73rd Venice International Film Festival The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016. English director Sam Mendes was the President of the Jury for the main competition. The opening night film was Damien Chazelle's musical ''La La ...

Cast

Critical response

''Heal the Living'' has a 92% approval rating on

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based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10, and an 82/100 on

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based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". ''

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'' described the film as "sublimely compassionate, heart-crushing". ''

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'' said the film is "an emotionally satisfying, cinematically deft look at interwoven fates...which knits together quietly luminous performances".

Accolades

References

External links

* * 2016 films 2016 drama films 2010s French-language films Belgian drama films Films based on French novels Films directed by Katell Quillévéré Films scored by Alexandre Desplat French drama films Medical-themed films French-language Belgian films 2010s French films {{Belgium-film-stub