Film

Lise and Andre

2000 · 1h 27m · Drama · Comedy

IMDb

6.9

Lise is a Parisian prostitute who has a young son, Sebastien. Lise dotes on her boy, who has a gift for music and sings in a children's choir directed by aging parish priest Father Andre. Sebastien becomes involved in an auto accident that sends him into a coma; after he remains unconscious for three months, Lise begins to panic, desperate for a remedy that medical science can't provide. When she is told of a field in a village in rural France where a miracle is said to have occurred some years before -- an apparition of the Virgin Mary arrived to provide food for a group of starving children -- Lise wants to travel to the site of the miracle to pray for her son. She also insists that Father Andre come along, but the priest is not eager to go, due to his age, his health, and his increasing cynicism about religion. Lise is persistent, however, and before long the two are on the road in search of a much-needed miracle.

Isabelle Candelier

Lise

Michel Duchaussoy

André, the priest

Aïssa Maïga

Esther

Augustin Bartholomé

Bastien

Jean-Christophe Bouvet

Charles

Anne Le Ny

Véronique, André's secretary

Hélène Surgère

Lise's mother

• Denis DercourtDirector · Writer
• Tom DercourtProducer
• Jérôme PeyrebruneDirector of Photography
• Laurent RouanEditor

Release date

November 29, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Drama, Comedy