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Maria Montessori - Une vie au service des enfants

Original title: Maria Montessori: una vita per i bambini
  • TV Movie
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • 3h 20m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
382
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Maria Montessori - Une vie au service des enfants (2007)
Drama

The story of Maria Montessori the most famous pedagogue of the world. She spent all her life to make her "metodo" (method) accepted in the archaic Italian school system, while the rest of th... Read allThe story of Maria Montessori the most famous pedagogue of the world. She spent all her life to make her "metodo" (method) accepted in the archaic Italian school system, while the rest of the world immediately understand the importance of her theories. She was the first Italian D... Read allThe story of Maria Montessori the most famous pedagogue of the world. She spent all her life to make her "metodo" (method) accepted in the archaic Italian school system, while the rest of the world immediately understand the importance of her theories. She was the first Italian Doctor, a famous feminist, a scientist. Her private life was hit by having an illegitimate ... Read all

  • Director
    • Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
  • Writers
    • Pietro Valsecchi
    • Gianmario Pagano
    • Monica Zapelli
  • Stars
    • Paola Cortellesi
    • Massimo Poggio
    • Gianmarco Tognazzi
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    382
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    • Director
      • Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
    • Writers
      • Pietro Valsecchi
      • Gianmario Pagano
      • Monica Zapelli
    • Stars
      • Paola Cortellesi
      • Massimo Poggio
      • Gianmarco Tognazzi
    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Paola Cortellesi
    Paola Cortellesi
    • Maria Montessori
    Massimo Poggio
    Massimo Poggio
    • Giuseppe Montesano
    Gianmarco Tognazzi
    Gianmarco Tognazzi
    • Cardi
    Alberto Cracco
    Alberto Cracco
    • Preside Baccelli
    Alessandro Lucente
    • Mario Montessori
    Adalberto Maria Merli
    • Alessandro Montessori
    Imma Piro
    • Teresa
    Giulia Lazzarini
    Giulia Lazzarini
    • Renilde Montessori
    Lisa Gastoni
    Lisa Gastoni
    • Gemma Montesano
    Giovanni Bissaca
    • Talamo
    Anna Ciancia
    • Carla
    Silvana De Santis
    Silvana De Santis
    • Ada
    Susy Laude
    • Rita
    Alba Rohrwacher
    Alba Rohrwacher
    • Anna
    Fulvio Pepe
    • Martinelli
    Zoe Tavarelli
    • Aurora
    Claudio Bertoni
    • Manager of the insane asylum
    • (unconfirmed)
    Martina Klier
    Martina Klier
    • A.Americana
    • Director
      • Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
    • Writers
      • Pietro Valsecchi
      • Gianmario Pagano
      • Monica Zapelli
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    8fcfisken

    Enjoyable and absorbing period drama

    Enjoyable and absorbing period Drama. Based on known facts but I'm guessing that many aspects especially of her love life were fictional.
    10sinceverona

    For the children

    Maria Montessori was the first woman to get enrolled into medical school in Rome. The beginning was hard and as the only female enrolled in medical school, she had to wait until every student was in his seat before entering to a lecture. At her second year in 1893, she needed help with her experiment and she asked the first young man in the corridor does he smoke, because she needed the smell of cigarette. Later she found out that he was one of her professors. His name was Giuseppe Montesano and he was a psychiatrist. After Maria learned that he works at the university psychiatric clinic she offers to help. When she comes to the clinic she finds out the ugly truth, that in the asylum there are children without parents and some of them have been there since birth. Soon she falls in love with her professor but the relationship remained secret. After her graduation she becomes pregnant but Giuseppe is reluctant to merry her. She gave a lecture at the Educational congress in Torino about training disabled and there she impressed the minister of education. By then the children from the psychiatric clinic thanks to her famous Montessory method learned how to read and write and they passed their exams with better grades than children from state schools. Paola Cortellesi was excellent in a role of Maria. It is difficult to take a true story and make it into a movie, but it was brilliantly done. There were no false emotions. The scene when Maria and Giuseppe dance together with mentally disabled seemed a bit odd, but everything else was very good. I liked the fact that her parents supported her decision to become a doctor. After Giuseppes mother came and informed her mother of her pregnancy I was very moved when she stood by her side. Her natural capability to approach every child as a different person was very impressing. Yet everything she has done for the children was done with her absolute dedication and love for the children. Giuseppe from a quiet and grateful college professor and then lover became her worst nightmare and bitter enemy. I do believe that he was jealous of her achievements and that her growing fame was the cause of his cruelty towards her. After all, his mother did say to Marias mother that she stole acknowledgment from her son, but it was obvious that was not the truth. The relationship between Maria and her son Mario was very endearing. It was so sad that the woman who has done so much for other peoples children could not do anything for her own son. Definitely worth seeing.

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    • Release date
      • May 28, 2007 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Official site
      • Official site (Italy)
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Maria Montessori
    • Production company
      • Taodue Film
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    • Runtime
      • 3h 20m(200 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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