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Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice

Drama

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.

Date: 05/26/1989
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Julian Sands, Ayesha Dharker, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Suresh Oberoi, Saeed Jaffrey

Julian Sands as Father Daniel Mahoney in Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice Julian Sands

Ayesha Dharker as Manika Kallatil in Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice Ayesha Dharker

Stéphane Audran as Sister Amanda in Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice Stéphane Audran

Jean-Philippe Écoffey as Father René in Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice Jean-Philippe Écoffey

Suresh Oberoi as Ranjit in Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice Suresh Oberoi

Saeed Jaffrey as  in Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice Saeed Jaffrey