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2016 film

Heal the Living
Theatrical release poster
French Réparer les vivants
Directed by Katell Quillévéré
Screenplay by Katell QuillévéréGilles Taurand
Based on Réparer les vivants (Mend the Living)by Maylis de Kerangal
Produced by David ThionJustin TaurandPhilippe Martin
Starring Tahar RahimEmmanuelle SeignerAnne DorvalBouli LannersKool ShenMonia ChokriAlice TaglioniKarim LeklouAlice de LencquesaingFinnegan OldfieldThéo CholbiGabin VerdetDominique Blanc
Cinematography Tom Harari
Edited by Thomas Marchand
Music by Alexandre Desplat
Productioncompanies Les Films du BélierLes Films PelléasFrance 2 CinémaMars FilmsJourorCN5 ProductionsEzekiel Film ProductionFrakas ProductionsRTBFProximus
Distributed by Mars Films (France)
Release dates 4 September 2016 (2016-09-04) (Venice) 1 November 2016 (2016-11-01) (France)
Running time 104 minutes
Countries FranceBelgium
Language French
Budget $6.5 million[1]
Box office $2.2 million[2]

Heal the Living (French: Réparer les vivants) is a 2016 drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré from a screenplay she co-wrote with Gilles Taurand, based on the 2013 novel Réparer les vivants (Mend the Living) by Maylis de Kerangal. It stars Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval, Bouli Lanners and Kool Shen. Heal the Living interweaves three stories connected to each other via an organ transplant.[3] The film was presented in the Horizons section at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival.[4][5]

Heal the Living has a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 59 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10,[6] and an 82/100 on Metacritic based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]

Variety described the film as "sublimely compassionate, heart-crushing".[8] Screendaily said the film is "an emotionally satisfying, cinematically deft look at interwoven fates...which knits together quietly luminous performances".[9]

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  2. ^ "Heal the Living". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Heal the Living". TIFF.
  4. ^ "La Biennale di Venezia - Réparer les vivants". Venezia. Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  5. ^ "European films invited to leap across the pond to Toronto". Cineuropa. 12 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Heal the Living (Réparer les vivants) (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "Heal the Living Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "Film Review: 'Heal the Living'". Variety. 4 September 2016.
  9. ^ "'Heal The Living': Venice Review". Screendaily. 3 September 2016.