Les Ombres de Lisieux

Lisieux. The location can be the first motif to see this crime drama , not very different by the other films of genre. But the problem is just the not very careful way to use Saint Therese relique , abbandoned by the cops and by the sister.

Second - the feeling to discover about the origin of Thomas a sort of improvisation, not doing very credible the version of mother Angela.

But sure, in large measure, it works in decent way.

As a long time friend and client of Therese de Lisieux, I have read everything she wrote in three languages.. What a shame the directors didn't take the trouble to get the details right, from the wrong habits, showing lots of hair!, to men walking around in the enclosure. Yes, the police would visit the chapel where the body was found, but they would not be walking in the convent gardens talking with the nuns. Strict enclosure means what it says, and you don't get much stricter than the Discalced Carmelites. Nor would you get a single Carmelite leaving the enclosure to help out in the investigation; even in the third millenium, Carmelites in the outside world come in pairs. They never leave the enclosure unless it's for something like surgery.

I have to wonder what the nuns of Lisieux thought of the finished product, if indeed they ever saw it. To be honest, the best part for me and the person who watched the film with me was spotting actors from other TV series.

When the doctor changes Thomas' opened wound, she doesn't wear gloves, and then doesn't even wash her hands afterwards 😫 How hard would it have been to work that in?

I watch these because I enjoy the scenery and mystery, but give me reality.