Hadewijch (2009)
After being asked to leave the convent where she is studying, Céline van Hadewijch, an aspiring nun, returns to her parents' house in Paris. While there, she reunites with her estranged Muslim friend, Yassine Chikh, and they spend time together at a local café. Céline confides in Yassine that she can only be friends with him as she is devoted to God and plans to remain chaste, as her body belongs to God. Yassine introduces Céline to his elder brother and religious leader, Nassir Chikh, who invites her to attend his religious seminars. Unbeknownst to Céline, Nassir is a terrorist and sees her as the perfect tool for his extremist agenda, taking advantage of her confusion and vulnerability.
Articles on Hadewijch
| Stéphane Delorme, La vie d'une biche, Hadewijch de Bruno Dumont, in: Cahiers du Cinema, nr. 650 (Novembre), 2009 pp. 38-40 |
| Nicolas Azalbert et Stéphane Delorme, En éveil, Entretien avec Bruno Dumont, in: Cahiers du Cinema, nr. 650 (Novembre), 2009 pp. 41-45 |
| Nicolas Azalbert et Stéphane Delorme, Petite amoureuse, Entretien avec Julie Sokolowski, comédienne, in: Cahiers du Cinema, nr. 650 (Novembre), 2009 pp. 46-47 |
| Nicolas Azalbert, Hadewijch et les producteurs de lait, in: Cahiers du Cinema, nr. 652 (Janvier), 2010 pp. 78 |
Reviews
| Jonathan Romney, Hadewijch, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 3 (March), 2012 pp. 69 |
| DP, Hadewijch, in: Empire, nr. 273 (March), 2012 pp. 48 |