A teenage girl sees a lady in white and accidentally starts a pilgrimage empire.
Bernadette Soubirous, just 14 years old, goes by the river near the Massabielle cave. It is there that, for the first time, a “lady dressed in white” appears to her. Accused of lying, Bernadette’s revelation initially provokes mistrust and tensions in her family, drawing the wrath of civil and ecclesiastical authorities. The rumor spreads. Pilgrims begin to converge. Lourdes goes down in History.
Acting
Eyma carries teenage fervor without becoming precious.
Score
Songs make Vatican bureaucracy almost danceable.
Production
Massabielle cave recreated with gorgeous candlelit intimacy.
Director
Isabelle Julien
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eyma was 16 during filming, only two years older than the real Bernadette, making her one of the most age-accurate saint portrayals in cinema.
Lourdes still draws six million pilgrims annually; this film arrives as Gen Z spirituality surges and the Vatican debates female deacons.
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