Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice (1989)
Overview
In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former life as a Brahman wife in Nepal. Her parish priest, Father Daniel is under orders to convince her otherwise, as reincarnation does not accord with official Catholic doctrine. Instead, he agrees to journey with her to the site of her dreams of a previous life. Once there, they discover that all is just as she had dreamed it, and her former husband has remarried despite promising not to. Her arrival on the scene does not disturb the man, but it really upsets his new wife, who departs with her baby. Manika decides that it helps no one for her to remain there in Nepal, and returns to her home in the south. However, all this has caused a genuine crisis of faith for the priest who, witnessing all this, has had to grapple with some irreconcilable issues.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 1.2 |
Directed By
François Villiers
Crew
François Villiers
Alain Levent
Brian Phelan
Naresh Sohal
Jean-Pierre Gibrat
François Villiers
Paul Lainé
Hélène Plemiannikov
Raoul Katz
Ram Yedekar
Patrick Millet
TOP CAST
Julian Sands
Father Daniel Mahoney
Ayesha Dharker
Manika Kallatil
Stéphane Audran
Sister Amanda
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Father René
Suresh Oberoi
Ranjit
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