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In reply to the discussion: What's your favorite movie from the year you were born? [View all]frogmarch
(12,161 posts)58. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
I was born in December '43.
http://movies.toptenreviews.com/reviews/mr1543.htm
Plot:
In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the virgin Mary.
Movie review snip:
The Oscar-winning, quietly powerful portrayal of young Bernadette Soubirous by first-time actress Jennifer Jones is but the tip of the iceberg of "The Song of Bernadette," a film of grace and simple elegance the likes of which few films have ever been able to master.
The movie came to my hometown when I was around 10, and the local movie theatre had special weekday matinees especially for Catholics. My school let all the Catholic kids out of school to go see it - first grade classes on Monday, second-grade on Tuesday, and so on - and the theatre let them in free. My mom, a staunch Presbyterian, said I couldn't go see it the next weekend, so I told my teacher I was a Catholic and went with the Catholic kids during the week. I loved the movie, and I wanted to look just like beautiful Jennifer Jones when I grew up.
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I didn't get to the theater much then. Especially since I was stuck in a womb for several months
JVS
Feb 2012
#27
Battle of Algiers - a riveting cinematic masterpiece, very ahead for its time.
closeupready
Feb 2012
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