Bernard Guillaumet, a non-Christian, French journalist, is assigned the job of doing a story on Lourdes in the late 1990s. Just before he leaves for Lourdes, Bernard learns that his wife is pregnant. However, he is not told that this pregnancy could put her life at risk and that doctors are suggesting an abortion.

While researching for his report on Lourdes, Bernard comes across the pages of an old family manuscript. The manuscript was written by his ancestor, Henri Guillaumet, a positivist scientist and nonbeliever who met Bernadette at Lourdes in 1858. This meeting profoundly affected Henri and forced him to reconsider the miracles performed following the apparitions of the Madonna of Lourdes. One of the most important miracles Guillaumet had to reconsider was the healing of his wife Claire, who had been on her deathbed as a result of tuberculosis, and was completely restored by the miraculous waters of the grotto in which Bernadette saw Our Lady.

This intriguing film uses the pages of the manuscript to trace the stories of three lives-Bernadette, Henri, and Bernard, three characters whose lives intertwine as they pursue parallel journeys according to the designs of providence.

Directed by Lodovico Gasparini (St. John Bosco, Don Matteo). Stars Alessandro Gassman, Angele Osinski, and Sydne Rome. Written by Vittorio Messori (The Ratzinger Report).

Language tracks: Italian with English and Spanish subtitles.
Widescreen
190 minutes