Film

The Light of Hope

2017 · 1h 36m · Drama

"When there is great suffering, you don't ask questions. You help....."

IMDb

6.8

When the Vichy authorities close the Elna Maternity Hospital, which welcomes pregnant women from the concentration camps, its director, Elisabeth, and Victoria, will sacrifice themselves to save it. Television film written by Margarita Melgar and directed by Sílvia Quer (' 'Velvet' ', (' 'Gran Hotel' '), set in northern Catalonia during the summer of 1942. The film is based on real events and narrates the prowess of Elisabeth Eidenbenz, founder of Elna's Maternity, which along with her collaborators restored dignity to pregnant women in the Argelers and Ribesaltes internment camps in Vichy France Motherhood welcomed hundreds of women and saved 597 babies from certain death.

Noémie Schmidt

Nausicaa Bonnín

Natalia de Molina

Blanca Romero

Nora Navas

• Sílvia QuerDirector
• Ana Sanz MagallónScreenplay
• Montse GangesScreenplay
• José FloresProducer
• André MartinProducer

Release date

March 27, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

Catalan

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

APTA

Genres

Drama