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The Miracle Club

The Miracle Club

2023Movie⏱️ 1h 30mPG-13
ComedyDrama
6.4
IMDB Rating
8,625 votes

There's just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes.

Director
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Writers
Jimmy Smallhorne, Timothy Prager, Joshua D. Maurer
Stars
Maggie Smith, Laura Linney, Kathy Bates
Release Date
July 14, 2023
Language
English
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
🎯 2
Nominations
💬 67
Reviews
📋 20.2K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
as Lily Fox
Laura Linney
Laura Linney
as Chrissie Ahearn
Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates
as Eileen Dunne
Agnes O'Casey
Agnes O'Casey
as Dolly Hennessy
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea
as Frank Dunne
Mark O'Halloran
Mark O'Halloran
as Father Dermot Byrne
Eric D. Smith
Eric D. Smith
as Daniel Hennessy
Mark McKenna
Mark McKenna
as George Hennessy
👤
Niall Buggy
as Tommy Fox
Hazel Doupe
Hazel Doupe
as Cathy Dunne

💰 Box Office

$7,498,671
Worldwide Gross
$2,402,780
Domestic Gross
$664,607
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Dublin, Ireland
Production
Zephyr Films, City Films Entertainment, Ingenious Media

🏷️ Keywords

1960sirelandlourdes francemute childcatholicism

🎯 Categories

Period DramaComedyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

A heartwarming tale of faith and forgiveness
by steveinadelaide2023-08-20
7/10

"The Miracle Club is a well-made movie about three generations of women coming to terms with the past. As part of their pursuit of healing from physical or emotional wounds, they take advantage of winning tickets for a journey to Lourdes, the beautiful city at the base of the Pyrenees Mountains. Many people, especially Roman Catholics, believe that miraculous healings take place at Lourdes. And our three women have high expectations that they will experience their own miracles. The movie approaches the story with restraint, and it intimately explores the relationships between the women. Faith ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Producers Joshua D. Maurer and Alixandre Witlin have been trying to make this project for over 18 years. The project was originally sold by Maurer to HBO in 2005 with writer James Smallhorne also attached to direct with a cast that included Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Claire Danes and Brenda Blethyn, but the project did not go forward. Maurer and Witlin never gave up hope or faith in the film and continued year after year after year to find the financing to make this movie. After getting constant rejections, Maurer and Witlin finally found interest from Lionsgate UK and Embankment to finance based on an extensive rewrite that Maurer authored in collaboration with Tim Prager, whom Maurer hired. Maurer and Witlin then used this new draft to get commitments from Smith, Bates and Linney. In addition, Maurer and Witlin then hired director Thaddeus O'Sullivan and UK producer Chris Curling and together they brought on and hired Irish producers ShinAwil and BCP. The film was then further delayed due to COVID three more times.

📖 Synopsis

There's just one dream for the women of Ballygar to taste freedom: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes.