On April 24, the film will be released in Cinemas from the Dominican Republic Day eightwho tells the life of Fr. Emiliano Tardif, a Canadian priest who dedicated his life to the Church on the Caribbean island and is now in the process of beatification.
It is a Dominican film produced by Ángela Medina and Joan Monegro. Fr. Tardif is played by Colombian actor Juan Ángel, while actress Angeline Monegro gives life to Yira Sandoval, an influencer who is looking for a miracle to save her sick sister.
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Day eight He has been awarded the World Film Festival award for best young actress and has also won the award for the best spiritual/mystical film and the best Latin/Hispanic film.
He was also nominated at the International Film Festival in the independent script category and obtained an honor mention at the Kraken International Film Festival in the category of Best Forestry.
The life of the priest Emiliano Tardif
P. Emiliano Tardif was born on June 6, 1928 in Québec (Canada). He made his religious profession as a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart on September 8, 1949 and was ordered priest on June 24, 1955.
Soon he was sent to the Dominican Republic, where he became one of the founders of the Missionary Seminary of San José de las Matas, where he was a professor from 1956 to 1963. He became superior of the congregation in Santo Domingo from 1966 to 1973.
In July 1973 he fell ill of tuberculosis and moved to Canada. At this time he receives what for him was an extraordinary gift: the physical healing and a call of Jesus to the ministry of preaching of the Gospel, proclaiming Christ living and full of compassion and his mercy, specially to the sick and sinners.
Retrieved, he returned to the Dominican Republic to devote himself to the preaching of evangelization retreats throughout the country and other parts of the world.
In 1985 he received permission from his congregation to devote himself to full -time retreats, preaching in 71 countries on the five continents.
His book Jesus is alive He has been edited in 22 languages and his pastoral zeal led him to create in 1986 the studies of Lumen 2000. In 1982 he founded the community of Servants of Christ Vivo.
He died in 1999 in Argentina, where he traveled to preach a retirement.
Eduardo Berdejo
Professional in Social Communication of the National University of San Marcos in Peru, I have more than 20 years of experience in Catholic digital journalism. As part of ACI Press, I have been sent to cover the trips of Pope Francis to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, in addition to the Synod of Sinodality in the Vatican in 2023.