Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice (Manika, une vie plus tard) 34 years old

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.

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Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice Cast

Name Character
Julian Sands He was 31, now 66 years old
Jean-Philippe Écoffey He was 29, now 64 years old
Stéphane Audran She was 56, 85 years old when she died
Ayesha Dharker She was 11, now 46 years old

Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice Crew

Name Department
François Villiers as Director. He was 69 (88) years old when He died Directing
Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice (34 years)

  • Release day: Friday, May 26, 1989
  • Runtime: 106 minutes