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Movie poster: Miracle (1982)
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1982 · 124 min Drama
8.0 / 10 · TMDB

Plain orphan Elsa starts seeing visions of the Virgin Mary in the sun-scorched village of Cupit. Her apparitions, first met with doubt, become a beacon for her impoverished neighbors. The unassuming girl unexpectedly gains the power to heal, drawing crowds of pilgrims, the desperate, and opportunistic hucksters to the godforsaken settlement. The quiet community is thrown into a maelstrom of religious fervor, commerce, and doubt, where faith grapples with desperation and miracle confronts human nature.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Himala
Year 1982
Country Philippines
Genre Drama
Director Ishmael Bernal
Runtime 124 min.
Rating TMDB: 8.0/10 (20 votes)

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Ishmael Bernal crafts not merely a faith-based drama, but a scorching social X-ray where religious ecstasy mirrors collective trauma. The film offers no easy answers, compelling the viewer to balance on the knife's edge between revelation and mass delusion alongside its characters.

What lingers after the final frame is the searing afterimage of naive spirituality colliding with a cynical world. It's a profound, unsettling meditation on the economy of hope and the anatomy of belief itself — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Ishmael Bernal

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Dust-choked air, parched earth, faces twisted by yearning and opportunism.

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