Molokai: The Story of Father Damien

1999
PG
1h 49min

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Alice Krige, Sam Neill, Peter O'Toole, Derek Jacobi, Kris Kristofferson, Leo McKern, David Wenham, Tom Wilkinson, and Aden Young in Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.The true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.The true story of the nineteenth century priest who volunteered to go to the island of Molokai, to console and care for the lepers.

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Récompenses
- 1 victoire et 4 nominations au total

Citations
Bishop Maigret: Gentlemen, let us at least agree it is a scourge, and those who have it must be isolated. While I am prime minister we will not fail to do this, or Hawaii will become a nation of lepers.
Bishop Maigret: But as long as you isolate them and keep them in a place where they have no relatives, a place which it turned into a living hell, with no law...
Walter Murray Gibson: That is why I have to called you together. We cannot send police to their island. I tried. They resign. Fear of disease, they can't take their families, it's hopeless. They won't go. They won't do it.
Bishop Maigret: Then the natives will continue to hide their sick. And I for one don't blame them.

Crédits fous
The opening credits play over a scene of men on horseback with dogs searching a native village for lepers who have been hidden away by their families.

Connexions
Featured in On Borrowed Time (2011)

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O'OE MAU ME AU
Written by Robert Lowry
Performed by Mark Akaka

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Can't see the forest through the trees

A stellar supporting cast, rich cinematography and a fine eye for detail all punctuate this near-epic account of the trials and tribulations of the legendary cleric who devoted his life (quite literally) to the care and salvation of a doomed Hawaiian leper colony. Australian David Wenham's most important role to date is set at the turn of the century, when ignorance and greed ruled most levels of secular government. This left the beneficent young priest to suffer alongside his charges while much-needed funding was going to higher-profile healers in richer colonies.

Peter O'Toole is wonderful (in a brief appearance), as are Sam Neill, Leo McKern, Alice Krige, Derek Jacobi and even Kris Kristofferson but, ultimately, it is Wenham's chore to haul this monster ashore. It's evident early on that "Molokai" lacks the heart and conviction of the selfless giant who inspired it.