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Dec 17, 1986 · Thérèse: Directed by Alain Cavalier. With Catherine Mouchet, Hélène Alexandridis, Aurore Prieto, Clémence Massart-Weit. A story of life of St. Therese of Lisieux.
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- Alain Cavalier
- 1986-12-17
Thérèse is a biographical drama film about the life of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. It was first released in 1986, and directed by Alain Cavalier . Synopsis. Like two of her older sisters before her, Thérèse Martin is determined to become a Carmelite nun, even though she is officially too young to enter the order.
In a way, "Therese" is the story of a girl who dies on her honeymoon. The story is told with stark visual simplicity by Alain Cavalier, who shoots against plain backdrops and includes only those costumes or props that are needed to make sense of a scene. His real visual subject is the human face.
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Dec 11, 2014 · The screenplay picks up Therese as a young teen-ager planning to join two of her older sisters who are already in the Carmelite order. Nothing about convent life surprises or deters her, not the worldliness of some of the nuns, the intense sexual feelings of others or even the eccentricities of the mother superior.
In this true story of a 19th-century nun who achieved sainthood, Thérèse Martin (Catherine Mouchet) hopes to follow in the footsteps of her two older sisters, who became members of the Carmelite ...
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- Catherine Mouchet
- Alain Cavalier
Directed by Alain Cavallier. Catherine Mouchet, Hélène Alexandridis, Aurore Prieto, Sylvie Habault, Clémence Massart. 1986 (1987 US), Circle Films. Artistic/Entertainment Value. Moral/Spiritual Value. +3 / -2. Age Appropriateness. Teens & Up* MPAA Rating. NR. Caveat Spectator.
