| Heal the Living | |
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| Director: | Katell Quillévéré |
| Cinematography: | Tom Harari |
| Editing: | Thomas Marchand |
| Music: | Alexandre Desplat |
| Distributor: | Mars Films (France) |
| Runtime: | 104 minutes |
| Language: | French |
| Budget: | $6.5 million[1] |
| Gross: | $2.2 million[2] |
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 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]