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Saint Amour (2001)
Directed by Eric Oosthoek
Drama · 1h 35m
The year is 1969. Father Louis (27) lives in a monastery and his priesthood is a vocation for him. However when his friend and colleague priest Daniël starts having a relationship with a woman, Louis also starts to question his celibate life. Why is he not allowed to have intimate relations with another human being? A series of events make Louis rebel against the Catholic Church and in 1973 he leaves the monastery. Chance brings him into contact with Daikha, a woman who teaches him about love. In 1999 his short affair with Daikha is almost forgotten. Louis has turned away from the church and now lives with his childhood love Liliane. Then he gets news that will change Louis' life drastically for the third time.
Cast
Antonie Kamerling
Anna Rottier
Jasperina de Jong
Pieter van der Sman
Hubert Damen
Renée Fokker
Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Marie Vinck
Crew
- Director
- Eric Oosthoek
- Writer
- Eric Oosthoek
- Novel
- André Truyman
- Producer
- Frank Bak, René Huybrechtse
Details
- Release date
- 2001-03-12
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- NL
- Spoken languages
- Dutch
- Countries
- Netherlands, Belgium