Heal the Living (French: Réparer les vivants) is a 2016 drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré from a screenplay she co-wrote with Gilles Taurand, based on the 2013 novel Réparer les vivants (Mend the Living) by Maylis de Kerangal. It stars Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval, Bouli Lanners and Kool Shen. Heal the Living interweaves three stories connected to each other via an organ transplant.[3] The film was presented in the Horizons section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.[4][5]

Heal the Living
Theatrical release poster
FrenchRéparer les vivants
Directed byKatell Quillévéré
Screenplay by
  • Katell Quillévéré
  • Gilles Taurand
Based onRéparer les vivants (Mend the Living)
by Maylis de Kerangal
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTom Harari
Edited byThomas Marchand
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
companies
Distributed byMars Films (France)
Release dates
  • 4 September 2016 (2016-09-04) (Venice)
  • 1 November 2016 (2016-11-01) (France)
Running time
104 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget$6.5 million[1]
Box office$2.2 million[2]

Cast

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Critical response

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Heal the Living has a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10,[6] and an 82/100 on Metacritic based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]

Variety described the film as "sublimely compassionate, heart-crushing".[8] Screendaily said the film is "an emotionally satisfying, cinematically deft look at interwoven fates...which knits together quietly luminous performances".[9]

Accolades

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Award / Film festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
César Awards Best Adaptation Katell Quillévéré and Gilles Taurand Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Heal the Living". JP's Box-Office.
  2. ^ "Heal the Living". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Heal the Living". TIFF.
  4. ^ "La Biennale di Venezia - Réparer les vivants". Venezia. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  5. ^ "European films invited to leap across the pond to Toronto". Cineuropa. 12 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Heal the Living (Réparer les vivants) (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "Heal the Living Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "Film Review: 'Heal the Living'". Variety. 4 September 2016.
  9. ^ "'Heal The Living': Venice Review". Screendaily. 3 September 2016.
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