The Song of Bernadette (1941).

Without doubt one of the best religious films of all time. Jennifer Jones plays Bernadette Soubirous, a fourteen-year-old who lives in Lourdes, France, where she visions the Blessed Virgin Mary. The film circulates Bernadette and her family and the poverty they live in. Her father wakes up everyday before dawn in his quest to find what’s available for him to work. Bernadette’s sister Marie and her friend Jeanne are summoned to do an errand, Bernadette tags along wanting to become part of the circle of friendship. When the three encounter a river, Marie and Jeanne walk barefooted across the river.


Marie and Jeanne demand Bernadette to stay put because Bernadette suffers from Asthma because of the chilly waters would drive Bernadette to illness. As the two girls ventures further in search of fire woods, Bernadette is alone. A woman appears claiming she is the Immaculate Conception. Bernadette believes her word because she is the only one capable of the visions; the town accuses Bernadette of her sanity. Miracles begin to blossom in the town, and love, happiness and health soon become the nature of god’s work that people begin to follow and are inspired by Bernadette’s vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary.


Jennifer Jones won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.