2023 · drama · history
Maria Montessori
Directed by Léa Todorov1h 40m2023
Set in 1900, Lili d’Alengy, a Parisian cocotte at the height of her fame, flees Paris to hide her “idiot” daughter. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.
Our read: Maria Montessori (2023) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · history entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle drama / history, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
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