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Maria Montessori (La nouvelle femme)

Maria Montessori (La nouvelle femme)

original title:

La nouvelle femme

directed by:

Léa Todorov

cast:

Leila Bekhti, Jasmine Trinca, Rafaelle Sonneville-Caby, Raffaele Esposito (II), Pietro Ragusa, Agathe Bonitzer, Stefano Abbati, Renato Sarti, Patrizia La Fonte, Roberto Zibetti, Laura Borelli, Nancy Huston, Sébastien Pouderoux, Raffaella Ducrey Giordano, Georgia Ives, Laura Borelli, Gianfranco Poddighe, Daniela Macaluso, Irina Valvilova, Luciana Castelluci

screenplay:

Léa Todorov

cinematography:

Sébastien Goepfert

editing:

Esther Lowe

set design:

Pascale Consigny

costume design:

Agnès Noden

music:

Rémi Boubal

producer:

Grégoire Debailly, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Valeria Jamonte, Ilaria Malagutti, Manuela Melissano

production:

Geko Films, Tempesta

distribution:

Wanted [Italy], Encripta [Argentina], Rocket Releasing [Armenia], Palace Films [Australia], Filmladen [Austria], Rocket Releasing [Azerbaijan], Rocket Releasing [Belarus], Cineart [Belgium], Encripta [Bolivia], Encripta [Brazil], Cinelibri [Bulgaria], TVA Films [Canada], Encripta [Chile], Encripta [Colombia], Encripta [Costa Rica], Encripta [Cuba], Cinemart [Czech Republic], Film Europe [Czech Republic], Studio S Entertainment [Denmark], Another World Entertainment [Denmark], Encripta [Dominican Republic], Encripta [Ecuador], Encripta [El Salvador], BestFilm [Estonia], Ad Vitam [France], Rocket Releasing [Georgia], Neue Visionen Filmverleih [Germany], Encripta [Guatemala], Encripta [Honduras], Falcon Pictures [Indonesia], New Cinema [Israel], Rocket Releasing [Kazakhstan], Rocket Releasing [Kyrgyzstan], BestFilm [Latvia], BestFilm [Lithuania], Encripta [Mexico], Cineart [Netherlands], Palace Films [New Zealand], Encripta [Nicaragua], Studio S Entertainment [Norway], Another World Entertainment [Norway], Encripta [Panama], Encripta [Paraguay], Encripta [Peru], Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais [Portugal], Rocket Releasing [Russia], Cinemart [Slovakia], Film Europe [Slovakia], Karma Films [Spain], Encripta [Suriname], Studio S Entertainment [Sweden], Pathé Films [Switzerland], Proview Entertainment [Taiwan], Rocket Releasing [Tajikistan], Rocket Releasing [Turkmenistan], Rocket Releasing [Ukraine], Encripta [Uruguay], Encripta [Venezuela]

world sales:

Indie Sales [France]

country:

France/Italy

year:

2023

film run:

114'

format:

colour

release date:

26/09/2024

festivals & awards:

Lili d’Alengy, a famous Parisian darling, has a shameful secret – a daughter with a disability, Tina, whom she needs to hide in order to protect her career. She decides to leave Paris for Rome.
Unwilling and unable to care for Tina, Lili seeks help from Maria Montessori, a doctor who is developing a teaching method for children labeled as ‘idiotic’.
But Maria also has a secret – a child born out of wedlock. Soon she'll be forced to choose between her career and her child.
The two women will help each other earn their place in a man’s world – and make History.