Plot Summary:A triptych of three short subjects on the town in the Pyrenees famous for its cult of the French Saint Bernadette and for its supposed miracle cures of the faithful who travel there on pilgrimage.
Under the banner of neutrality, Georges Rouquier takes us on an investigative tour of Lourdes, a stage where the surreal and the sordid cohabit. Never ironic or naively devout, Rouqier lets us follow him on his quest for understanding the meaning and the origin of the phenomena commonly referred to as "miracles".