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The Light of Hope

The Light of Hope

Drama
2017, Movie, 1h 36min
When the Vichy authorities close the Elna Maternity Hospital, which welcomes pregnant women from the concentration camps, its director, Elisabeth, and Victoria, will sacrifice themselves to save it. Television film written by Margarita Melgar and directed by Sílvia Quer (' 'Velvet' ', (' 'Gran Hotel' '), set in northern Catalonia during the summer of 1942. The film is based on real events and narrates the prowess of Elisabeth Eidenbenz, founder of Elna's Maternity, which along with her collaborators restored dignity to pregnant women in the Argelers and Ribesaltes internment camps in Vichy France Motherhood welcomed hundreds of women and saved 597 babies from certain death.
Country: Spain
Director:
Sílvia Quer
Cast:
Nora Navas,
Natalia de Molina,
Nausicaa Bonnín,
Noémie Schmidt
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Sílvia Quer
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Nora Navas
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In 1942, a brave nurse named Elisabeth Eidenbenz and her team at the Elna Maternity Hospital risk everything to protect pregnant refugees and their babies from certain death during World War II. Defying the Nazi occupation and French authorities, they transform a villa into a safe haven for mothers and children, despite the danger and hardship. But when the authorities demand they hand over Jewish refugees and their children, Elisabeth and her deputy Victoria must make a difficult decision that will put everyone's lives at risk. Will they be able to save the mothers and children they've sworn to protect?

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