The Light of Hope

The Light of Hope (2017)

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

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Summary

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.

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    Directing Sílvia Quer Director
    Writing Montse Ganges Screenplay
    Production José Flores Producer
    Writing Ana Sanz Magallón Screenplay
    Production André Martin Producer