Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice

Synopsis

In this unusual feature, Manika is a girl born in a Catholic family in a south Indian fishing village is convinced that she has recently had a former life as a Brahman wife in Nepal. Her parish priest, Father Daniel is under orders to convince her otherwise, as reincarnation does not accord with official Catholic doctrine. Instead, he agrees to journey with her to the site of her dreams of a previous life. Once there, they discover that all is just as she had dreamed it, and her former husband has remarried despite promising not to. Her arrival on the scene does not disturb the man, but it really upsets his new wife, who departs with her baby. Manika decides that it helps no one for her to remain there in Nepal, and returns to her home in the south. However, all this has caused a genuine crisis of faith for the priest who, witnessing all this, has had to grapple with some irreconcilable issues.

Main Cast

Julian Sands

Father Daniel Mahoney

Age : 66 | Popularity : 34%

Ayesha Dharker

Manika Kallatil

Age : 46 | Popularity : 6%

Stéphane Audran

Sister Amanda

Age : 85 | Popularity : 41%

Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Father René

Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Suresh Oberoi

Ranjit

Age : 77 | Popularity : 5%

Saeed Jaffrey

Age : 86 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Raoul Katz
	Production Coordinator	Patrick Millet
Crew	Cinematography	Alain Levent
Sound	Sound	Paul Lainé
	Original Music Composer	Naresh Sohal
Editing	Editor	Hélène Plemiannikov
Art	Decorator	Ram Yedekar
Writing	Writer	Brian Phelan François Villiers Jean-Pierre Gibrat
Directing	Director	François Villiers
Department	Role	Name

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