Film om maria montessori biography

- The French director talks about her film, which focuses on the legendary Italian pedagogue in the early years of her career, when her famous method was still in the fledgling stages

The professional life of the legendary pedagogue and the suffering in her private life are at the heart of French director Léa Todorov’s first fiction feature film, Maria Montessori [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Léa Todorov
film profile], which is due for release in Italian cinemas via Wanted Cinema on 26 September.

We chatted with the director on the occasion of her film’s presentation in Villa Medici in Rome.

Cineuropa: In 2016, you collaborated on the writing of a documentary called Révolution école: l'éducation nouvelle entre les deux guerres, which explored alternative teaching methods.

Is this a subject that particularly interests you?
Léa Todorov: It’s actually a topic I came across while working on that do