Resurrecting Hassan

September. 22,2017

Rating：

7.8

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Family Grief Disability

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Traces the lives of the Hartings, a blind Montreal family of three who make their living singing in the city's subway stations. The Hartings lost their only sighted child Hassan in a tragic drowning accident, and have since turned to the teachings of Russian mystic Grigori Grabovoi, hoping to resurrect their son. Resurrecting Hassan is an exploration of this family's legacy of grief, tragedy and abuse; the film will follow them on their path to redemption.

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Reviews

Portia Hilton

2017/09/22

Blistering performances.

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Frances Chung

2017/09/23

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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Ginger

2017/09/24

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

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Geraldine

2017/09/25

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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