
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 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | fr |
Popularity | 0.1767 |
Directed By
François Villiers
Crew
François Villiers
François Villiers
Jean-Pierre Gibrat
Brian Phelan
Raoul Katz
Patrick Millet
Alain Levent
Paul Lainé
Naresh Sohal
Ram Yedekar
Hélène Plemiannikov
TOP CAST

Julian Sands
Father Daniel Mahoney

Ayesha Dharker
Manika Kallatil

Stéphane Audran
Sister Amanda

Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Father René

Suresh Oberoi
Ranjit