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Au coeur du miracle

Original title: The Third Miracle
  • 1999
  • R
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
3.7K
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Au coeur du miracle (1999)
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The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, re... Read allThe Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, re-discovers his own purpose in life.The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith, re-discovers his own purpose in life.

  • Director
    • Agnieszka Holland
  • Writers
    • Richard Vetere
    • John Romano
  • Stars
    • Sofia Polanska
    • Pavol Simon
    • Ivan Lukac
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    3.7K
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    • Director
      • Agnieszka Holland
    • Writers
      • Richard Vetere
      • John Romano
    • Stars
      • Sofia Polanska
      • Pavol Simon
      • Ivan Lukac
    • 41User reviews
    • 35Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Sofia Polanska
    • Young Helena
    Pavol Simon
    • Helena's Father
    Ivan Lukac
    • Young Priest
    Patrik Minar
    • Young German Soldier
    Michael Rispoli
    Michael Rispoli
    • John Leone
    Kenny Robinson
    • Front Desk Manager
    Rony Clanton
    • Higgins
    Ed Harris
    Ed Harris
    • Frank Shore
    Angela Fusco
    Angela Fusco
    • Charity Woman
    Charles Haid
    Charles Haid
    • Bishop Cahill
    Susan Henley
    • Sister Margaret
    Ken James
    • Father Paul Panak
    Jade Smith
    • Young Maria
    Monique Mojica
    • Sister Mary Catherine
    James Gallanders
    James Gallanders
    • Brother Gregory
    Gerard Ronan
    • One-Eyed Man
    Alastair Moir
    • Boy in Wheelchair
    Kay Hawtrey
    Kay Hawtrey
    • Wheelchair Mother
    • Director
      • Agnieszka Holland
    • Writers
      • Richard Vetere
      • John Romano
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    lou-50

    Holy Housewife

    "Dogma" showed that throwing darts at the Roman Catholic Church isn't hard to do. Similarly, "Stigmata" created villains within the Church hierarchy with relative ease. The hard part is making some sense of what motivates priests and nuns to carry on in spite of this undeserved negativism. That's what makes "The Third Miracle" a joy to watch - a film that goes beyond stereotypes and biases to try to find answers. There is something in this film that believers and non-believers can take away from even though "The Third Miracle" has decidedly taken a strong stand about matters of faith. The linking of a wayward postulator, Father Frank, searching to legitimize a common woman for sainthood, with his own personal search for God is very effective. Equally so is how the film shows the powerful role of secularism in the lives of men we call 'holy' (can it be any more obvious than the Bishop's mud bath?). A stroke of trickery at the end doesn't spoil the way this film invites us to consider faith as truly an all-or-nothing proposition. Certainly for Father Frank, the invitation to faith and to his own priesthood was based on a shaky bargain with God to spare the life of his father. For Roxane, the daughter of Helen O'Reagan, the decision to exclude God was equally as capricious - that God would take her mother away from her just because she had to do God's work. For Archbishop Werner, the God he defends and the God he internalizes are two different beings - one who is all knowing and all powerful, the other who cannot see beyond things black and white. "The Third Miracle", then, is not just about canonizing a dead woman, a holy housewife, but about how these three living players interact and struggle with each other to arrive at their own faith. This interaction is played out so well due to brilliant performances by Anne Heche, Ed Harris, and Armin Mueller-Stahl. Miracles strengthen one's faith but the visible miracles are more likely to move those who need a sign to believe. The irony of Father Frank is that he was instructed to disprove the very extraordinary acts of faith which he desperately needed to save his own spiritual life. It took him two hours, the length of this film, to find his miracle. "The Third Miracle" leaves us with a similar challenge, how long will it take for us to find that same miracle, that same faith.
    9mrnews97

    Above average script elevated by fine acting, cinematography, and music

    Bottom line: this is a "crisis of faith" story. The main character (Ed Harris) is a priest who has doubts, but wants to believe. He has already successfully debunked one candidate for sainthood; now his superiors ask him to investigate another. Along the way, he is sexually tempted by the saint-candidate's daughter (Ann Heche), and then opposed by a brilliant but embittered German arch-bishop. There's no sex, violence, sci-fi, or spectacular special effects in this one, folks. Just plain old good acting by the leads and supporting characters, excellent and evocative photography, and a first-rate musical score that adds to the overall enjoyment of the film. The script does have its flaws, which prevent "The Third Miracle" from being absolutely brilliant, but I was disappointed when the movie ended: I wanted more! Would that the absorbing story and its details continue: Is the candidate ever granted sainthood? Does the arch-bishop change his attitude publicly? And whose baby IS that? But these and other theological issues are what you will ponder and debate after the credits are over. And that's what makes this a worthwhile film.
    9shark-43

    Excellent Film

    This film is amazingly crafted, well-acted and thought provoking. Ed Harris gives one of his best performances (in fact, I strongly believe he deserved an Oscar nomination for THIS and not the overrated Pollock). Anne Heche delivers a strong, three-dimensional performance on a character that is hard to play. The flashbacks are beautifully shot and this film really brings up issues about faith, love and forgiveness. If you are a fan of Ed Harris, seek out this film.
    annie-95

    Enthralling

    The Third Miracle is the best religious film I have ever seen. It was moving and beautifully filmed. It raised issues about faith and doubt and I was enthralled by the journey the doubting priest (brilliantly played by Ed Harris) made towards the restoration of his faith.
    Buddy-51

    thoughtful drama

    `The Third Miracle' tackles much of the same subject matter as 1999's `Stigmata' but manages to do so without reducing it to the level of horror movie absurdity. The stories of both movies revolve around a doubting, questioning priest whose job it is to investigate and either certify or debunk purported instances of divine intervention. However, `The Third Miracle,' because it treats the material within the context of a serious drama, emerges as by far the more interesting of the two films.

    Ed Harris, in a solid performance, stars as the man whose job it is to verify these ostensible miracles but who, like most movie priests it seems, has come to question his faith and to doubt his own worthiness to even carry out the task. Anne Heche delivers her customary fine performance as the cynical daughter of the woman whose potential candidacy for canonization sets the plot in motion. Indeed, the film is at its most intriguing when it allows us to get a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes nuts-and-bolts machinations that the church uses in determining the viability of sainthood. We watch as the Catholic hierarchy treads the fine line between faith in supernatural intervention and the more worldly concerns of pragmatic politics. We see the petty jealousies, character attacks and power struggles that reduce even the most ethereal of ventures to the level of basic human frailty. In many ways, this broader conflict reflects the one which rages on a more intimate, personal level within the tortured psyche of Harris' character himself. It is his internal struggle between doubt and faith, between the physical and the spiritual, between strength and weakness that manages to keep the many strands of the plot together even when the film, at times, verges a bit on the banal and the tedious. Happily, too, the film does not succumb to the fashionable secular cynicism that is all too common in films today. `The Third Miracle' manages to explore the many-sided complexity of this issue without trashing the spiritual nature of the topic in the process.

    `The Third Miracle' is not by any stretch a great film, but it succeeds in exploring a tricky subject without insulting the intelligence of the audience along the way. After `Stigmata,' we offer our most humble thanks for that.

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    • Trivia
      The German expression "dummes Zeug", uttered by archbishop Werner during the tribunal, means "rubbish".
    • Goofs
      The Coca Cola cans and the flip-top plastic ketchup bottles When Frank is at the soup kitchen in 1979 were not introduced until later.
    • Quotes

      Frank Shore: You were there, weren't you? What did you see? Did you see the miracIe?

      Werner: No, it was an unwise miracIe. Unwise and capricious. To grant the wishes of a gypsy girI, to spare her famiIy when millions... when millions died! Caprice of God! I wouId say it to God if He were in this room. I wouId say it to Him!

      Frank Shore: And He isn't in this room?

      Werner: Don't debate with me. We are not before that pompous ass Sarrazin.

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    • Release date
      • April 20, 2000 (Singapore)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Sony Pictures Classics
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Third Miracle
    • Filming locations
      • Banská Stiavnica, Slovakia
    • Production companies
      • American Zoetrope
      • Franchise Pictures
      • Haft Entertainment
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $591,142
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $29,459
      • Jan 2, 2000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $591,142
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 59m(119 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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