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Cast

Noémie Schmidt

Noémie Schmidt

Nausicaa Bonnín

Nausicaa Bonnín

Natalia de Molina

Natalia de Molina

Blanca Romero

Blanca Romero

Nora Navas

Nora Navas

Crew

Sílvia Quer

Sílvia Quer

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Ana Sanz Magallón

Ana Sanz Magallón

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Montse Ganges

Montse Ganges

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José Flores

José Flores

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André Martin

André Martin

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The Light of Hope

20178.0 / 1096 min
Drama

Overview

"When there is great suffering, you don't ask questions. You help....."

When the Vichy authorities close the Elna Maternity Hospital, which welcomes pregnant women from the concentration camps, its director, Elisabeth, and Victoria, will sacrifice themselves to save it. Television film written by Margarita Melgar and directed by Sílvia Quer (' 'Velvet' ', (' 'Gran Hotel' '), set in northern Catalonia during the summer of 1942. The film is based on real events and narrates the prowess of Elisabeth Eidenbenz, founder of Elna's Maternity, which along with her collaborators restored dignity to pregnant women in the Argelers and Ribesaltes internment camps in Vichy France Motherhood welcomed hundreds of women and saved 597 babies from certain death.