It used to be so rare to see a movie that speaks to the audience outside the dialogues of its characters. Infinitely more rare nowadays. It is amazing how this film just goes far beyond that. I remember the films of Dino Risi which allowed you to validate your own parallel narration against them thanks to the truth they were in. It happens so while listening to classical music. Lourdes renders this ability possible not so for a parallel epic but as the key to unlock the beauty of its own narration.
Christine is not religious. She just tries to move. But more than moving with legs, she tries to move with her spirit. This movement will finally prove her greatest asset, almost not for her but for the human kind. The final scenes catch Christine down, very down or more precisely she was supposed to be down according to any earthly or religious proofs. No miracle, no love. No more, as she just is loosing them. But Christine, through the help of this wonderous film, is fine. She is serene as if having a revelation. She is what maybe God intended with a human being. Those final scenes pour and pour the glory of the human spirit. And they pour. The human spirit is INVINCIBLE! Long live Christine! Long live the human spirit!
Christine is not religious. She just tries to move. But more than moving with legs, she tries to move with her spirit. This movement will finally prove her greatest asset, almost not for her but for the human kind. The final scenes catch Christine down, very down or more precisely she was supposed to be down according to any earthly or religious proofs. No miracle, no love. No more, as she just is loosing them. But Christine, through the help of this wonderous film, is fine. She is serene as if having a revelation. She is what maybe God intended with a human being. Those final scenes pour and pour the glory of the human spirit. And they pour. The human spirit is INVINCIBLE! Long live Christine! Long live the human spirit!