There's just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes.There's just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes.There's just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Eric D. Smith
- Daniel Hennessy
- (as Eric Smith)
Brenda Fricker
- Maureen
- (voice)
Luke Jackson Smith
- Patrick Dunne
- (as Luke Smith)
Rosemary Henderson
- Nun 1
- (as Rose Henderson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaProducers Joshua D. Maurer and Alixandre Witlin have been trying to make this project for over 18 years. The project was originally sold by Maurer to HBO in 2005 with writer James Smallhorne also attached to direct with a cast that included Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Claire Danes and Brenda Blethyn, but the project did not go forward. Maurer and Witlin never gave up hope or faith in the film and continued year after year after year to find the financing to make this movie. After getting constant rejections, Maurer and Witlin finally found interest from Lionsgate UK and Embankment to finance based on an extensive rewrite that Maurer authored in collaboration with Tim Prager, whom Maurer hired. Maurer and Witlin then used this new draft to get commitments from Smith, Bates and Linney. In addition, Maurer and Witlin then hired director Thaddeus O'Sullivan and UK producer Chris Curling and together they brought on and hired Irish producers ShinAwil and BCP. The film was then further delayed due to COVID three more times.
- GoofsThe nun says there have been only twenty-three miracles at Lourdes (up to the time In which the film is set). There actually had been sixty-two.
- Quotes
Father Dermot Byrne: You don't come to Lourdes for a miracle ... You come for the strength to go on when there is no miracle.
- ConnectionsReferences The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Featured review
Beautiful Film
I wasn't sure what to expect from The Miracle Club, I just knew with a cast that included Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Laura Linley that I had to watch it. I was not disappointed in the slightest.
It is a lovely story about a friendship, past mistakes, love and forgiveness.
The casting is brilliant and as usual Smith, Bates and Linley give magnificent performances.
It tells the story of woman who returns to her home village after 40 years away, to attend the funeral of her mother whom she has not seen in all those years. She is met with hostility from her old friend and the mother of her long lost love.
It culminates with them taking a trip to Lourdes all in search of their own miracle.
I really feel honoured to have watched this film and really did not want it to end.
It is a lovely story about a friendship, past mistakes, love and forgiveness.
The casting is brilliant and as usual Smith, Bates and Linley give magnificent performances.
It tells the story of woman who returns to her home village after 40 years away, to attend the funeral of her mother whom she has not seen in all those years. She is met with hostility from her old friend and the mother of her long lost love.
It culminates with them taking a trip to Lourdes all in search of their own miracle.
I really feel honoured to have watched this film and really did not want it to end.
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- destiny_west
- Oct 22, 2023
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Box office
- Budget
- €8,900,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,402,780
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $664,607
- Jul 16, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $7,257,112
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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