
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.
Cast

Jasmine Trinca
Maria Montessori

Leïla Bekhti
Lili d’Alengy
Rafaëlle Sonneville-Caby
Tina d'Alengy

Raffaele Esposito
Giuseppe Ferruccio Montesano
Laura Borelli
Carlotta

Nancy Huston
Betsy

Agathe Bonitzer
Clarisse

Sébastien Pouderoux
Jean Itard

Pietro Ragusa
Le prince
Raffaella Ducrey Giordano
Anna
Georgia Ives
Giorgia

Stefano Abbati
Cesare Lombroso
Gianfranco Poddighe
Guido Baccelli

Renato Sarti
Alessandro Montessori

Patrizia La Fonte
Renilde Montessori
Daniela Macaluso
Sarta

Roberto Zibetti
Le journaliste
Irina Valvilova
La russe chez Betsy
Luciana Castellucci
Mme Montesano
Emily Di Ronza
Une étudiante
Claudio Giova
Conseil Scientifique
Enrico Basile
Conseil Scientifique

Giacomo Fadda
Conseil Scientifique
Crew

Léa Todorov
Director, Writer
Julie Dupeux-Harlé
Script
Esther Lowe
Editor
Sébastien Goepfert
Director of Photography
Justinien Schricke
First Assistant Director
Jeanne Tassy
Second Assistant Director
Grégoire Debailly
Producer
Carlo Cresto-Dina
Co-Producer
Nicoletta Maggi
Line Producer
Solal Coutard
Production Assistant
Jonas Gayraud
First Assistant Camera
Francesco Di Matteo
Second Assistant Camera
Victoria Massih
Second Assistant Camera
Vito Calabrese
Steadicam Operator
Alessandra Maccotta
Casting Director
Stefania Valestro
Casting Director
Sandie Perez
Casting Director
Marco Matteo Donat-Cattin
Casting Director
Manon Guichard
Extras Casting
Bérangère Pennec
Extras Casting Assistant
Agnès Noden
Costume Designer
Simon Livet
Key Makeup Artist
Laura Emmanuelle Darracq
Makeup Artist
Clémentine Douel
Makeup Artist
Charlotte Butrak
Sound Editor
Samuel Aïchoun
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Cédric Berger
Sound Engineer
Olivier Pelletier
Sound
Antoine Viallefond
Boom Operator
Rémi Boubal
Original Music Composer

Alexis Meynet
Dialogue Editor
Simona Pampallona
Still Photographer
Milosz Kubok
Electrician
Andrea Festugato
Electrician
Thibault Bru
Electrician
Alessandro Pontillo
Electrician
Johan Van Der Voort
Electrician
Giorgio Innocenzi
Best Boy Electric
Gwenaëlle Duriaud
Location Scout
Georgia Ives
Choreographer
Emanuele Salvatore
Best Boy Grip
Lucie Bouilleret
Production Director
Pascale Consigny
Decorator
Pierre Marion-Andrès
Key Grip
Marco Moroni
Key Grip

Stéphane Germain
Key Grip
Clément Hervouet
Grip
Etienne Lesur
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