Marie's story
By: Escazal Films présente une coproduction France 3 Cinema, Rhône-Alpes Cinema ; scénario et dialogues, Philippe Blasband et Jean Pierre Améris ; produit par Sophie Révil and Denis Carot ; un film de Jean-Pierre Améris
Contributors: Carré, Isabelle, 1971- actor; Rivoire, Ariana, 1995- actor; Catillon, Brigitte, actor; Churlet, Noemie, actor; Treton, Gilles, actor; Wieder-Atherton, Sonia, composer (expression); Azad, Navid Nikkhah, film director; Film Movement (Firm); Escazal Films; France 3 cinéma (Firm); Rhône-Alpes cinéma (Firm)
Series: [Film Movement series]; Film Movement series
Published: 2015
Language: fre
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Deaf children; Drama; Families; Foreign films; Blind children; Nuns
Other titles: Container of (work): Maadaraaneh (Motion picture); Motherly (Motion picture)
Description: At the turn of the nineteenth century, a humble artisan and his wife have a daughter, Marie, who is born deaf and blind and unable to communicate with the world around her. Desperate to find a connection to their daughter and avoid sending her to an asylum, the Heurtins send fourteen-year-old Marie to the Larnay Institute in central France, where an order of Catholic nuns manages a school for deaf girls. Based on a true story.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 2014.

Bonus features: Making-of featurette; Short film: Motherly, directed by Navid Nikkhah Azad; Persian with English subtitles, 13 minutes.

Cinematography, Virginie Saint Martin ; editor, Anne Souriau ; music, Sonia Wieder-Atherton.

Isabelle Carré, Ariana Rivoire, Brigitte Catillon, Noémie Churlet, Gilles Treton.

Rating: Not rated.

DVD, NTSC; all regions, widescreen 1.85:1; 5.1 surround or 2.0 Dolby digital.

French dialogue with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English; assisted audio track for the visually impaired.
Table of contents: title: Marie's story --; title: Motherly.