7.8Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice · 1989
Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice (1989) is a Drama film directed by François Villiers, starring Julian Sands, Ayesha Dharker, Stéphane Audran.
Drama
7.8Overview
In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former life as a Brahman wife in Nepal. Her parish priest, Father Daniel is under orders to convince her otherwise, as reincarnation does not accord with official Catholic doctrine. Instead, he agrees to journey with her to the site of her dreams of a previous life. Once there, they discover that all is just as she had dreamed it, and her former husband has remarried despite promising not to. Her arrival on the scene does not disturb the man, but it really upsets his new wife, who departs with her baby. Manika decides that it helps no one for her to remain there in Nepal, and returns to her home in the south. However, all this has caused a genuine crisis of faith for the priest who, witnessing all this, has had to grapple with some irreconcilable issues.
Cast
Julian Sands, Ayesha Dharker, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Suresh Oberoi, Saeed Jaffrey
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In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former life as a Brahman wife in Nepal. Her parish priest, Father Daniel is under orders to convince her otherwise, as reincarnation does not accord with official Catholic doctrine. Instead, he agrees to journey with her to the site of her dreams of a previous life. Once there, they discover that all is just as she had dreamed it, and her former husband has remarried despite promising not to. Her arrival on the scene does not disturb the man, but it really upsets his new wife, who departs with her baby. Manika decides that it helps no one for her to remain there in Nepal, and returns to her home in the south. However, all this has caused a genuine crisis of faith for the priest who, witnessing all this, has had to grapple with some irreconcilable issues.
When was "Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice" released?
Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice was released in 1989.
Who stars in "Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice"?
The cast includes Julian Sands, Ayesha Dharker, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Philippe Écoffey.
