Resurrection

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Resurrection

PG,

1980,

1h 43m,

Drama/

Fantasy

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83%

6 Reviews

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75%

1,000+ Ratings

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83%

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6 Reviews

75%

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Edna (Ellen Burstyn) has a near-death experience when she and her husband drive off a cliff. Widowed and paralyzed, Edna returns to Kansas with her grandparents, noticing the curious effect her touch has on a girl's bleeding nose along the way. Her gift for healing people attracts the attention of a small-town community, including a young man (Sam Shepard) who becomes her lover. An agnostic herself despite her powers, Edna finds her lover has a dangerous obsession with religion.

Jay Scott

Globe and Mail

Aug 16, 2022

Belief is difficult to sandwich between groans and giggles.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Oct 11, 2022

4/5

…this is a genuine curio, a thoughtful film about healing that never quite explains itself...but is all the better for leaving plenty of room for interpretation according to your own beliefs…

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Dec 24, 2006

B-

This rural tale is beuatifully acted by Ellen Burstyn and other, but its narrative is incoherent, trying to fuse new feminist ideas with sentimental conventions about the healing power of love.

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Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

Jan 25, 2006

3/5

Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Jul 16, 2004

5/5

Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Jan 29, 2004

Resurrection is an extraordinary film about a healer and the power of love.

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Daniel Petrie

Director

Ellen Burstyn

Edna

Sam Shepard

Cal

Richard Farnsworth

Esco

Roberts Blossom

John Harper

Clifford David

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Synopsis

Edna (Ellen Burstyn) has a near-death experience when she and her husband drive off a cliff. Widowed and paralyzed, Edna returns to Kansas with her grandparents, noticing the curious effect her touch has on a girl's bleeding nose along the way. Her gift for healing people attracts the attention of a small-town community, including a young man (Sam Shepard) who becomes her lover. An agnostic herself despite her powers, Edna finds her lover has a dangerous obsession with religion.

Director: Daniel Petrie
Producer: Renee Missel, Howard Rosenman
Screenwriter: Lewis John Carlino
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int, Universal Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 26, 1980, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jan 11, 2010
Runtime: 1h 43m

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