A child's faith becomes a nation's obsession — and nobody asked Jacinta.
The story of Jacinta, one of the three children involved in the Marian apparition reported in 1917 at Cova da Iria, in Fátima, Portugal.
Acting
Matilde Serrão's devastating stillness — she doesn't act, she witnesses.
Cinematography
Golden Portuguese light that feels both sacred and suffocating.
Direction
Paixão da Costa resists spectacle, finds horror in reverence.
Director
Jorge Paixão da Costa
Dalila Carmo
Olímpia
Matilde Serrão
Jacinta
Renata Belo
Francisca
Graciano Dias
Artur
António Pedro Cerdeira
Manuel Marto
Pedro Lamares
Avelino Almeida
Paula Lobo Antunes
Aurora
João Didelet
Ruah
Leonor Beleza
Elsa
Miguel Monteiro
Ministro
Figueira Cid
Januário
Almeno Gonçalves
António Santos
Filipe Vargas
Prior Manuel
Rodrigo Paganelli
António Maria
João Maria Pinto
Acácio-Toca Harmónica
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fátima remains one of Catholicism's most visited sites; this film dares to ask who profits from a child's prophecy.
The real Jacinta died at age 9 from influenza; the film's 84-minute runtime mirrors the approximate span of the 1917 apparitions from May to October.
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