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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Geko Films, Tempesta
Keywords
- courtesan
- disabled child
- disability
- learning disability
- teachers and students
- women's rights
- semi-biographical
- out of wedlock child
- handicapped
- children learning
- women empowerment
- teaching children
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Top Cast
Jasmine Trinca as Maria Montessori
Leïla Bekhti as Lili d’Alengy
Rafaëlle Sonneville-Caby as Tina d'Alengy
Raffaele Esposito as Giuseppe Ferruccio Montesano
Laura Borelli as Carlotta
Nancy Huston as Betsy
Agathe Bonitzer as Clarisse
Sébastien Pouderoux as Jean Itard
Top Crew
Léa Todorov · Director, Writer
Rémi Boubal · Composer
Sébastien Goepfert · Cinematographer
Esther Lowe · Editor
Grégoire Debailly · Producer
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