Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (2004)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Leonardo Defilippis

Writers:

Patti Defillipis (writer)
Saint Therese of Lisieux (writer)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

Ordinary girl. Extraordinary soul.

Plot:

The mesmerizing story of a young girl's romance with God. Her faith, trials, and sacrifices reveal a way of life based on love and simplicity...

Plot Keywords:

Saint | Sacrifice | Faith | Last Rites | Cathedral

Cast

Leonardo Defilippis	...	Louis Martin
Maggie Rose Fleck	...	Marie Martin
Susan Funk	...	Sister Anne
Linda Hayden	...	Pauline Martin
Sybil Johnson	...	Sister Aimee
Judith Kaplan	...	Mother Marie de Gonzague
Samantha Kramer	...	Sister Augustine
Jen Nikolaisen	...	Celine Martin
Mandy Rimer	...	Leonie Martin
Mary Magda Schultz	...	Sister Vincent
Brian Shields	...	Pranzini
Melissa Sumpter	...	Young Therese
Lindsay Younce	...	Therese Martin

Also Known As:

Thérèse (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild thematic elements.

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #39107)

Filming Locations:

France

Company:

Saint Luke Productions

The Saint for Our Times

Movies "based" upon real life events are very frequently the most compelling. However, such dramas are not infrequently enhanced by the author to make the characters larger than they could have been in real life. It is seldom that a movie can capture the fullness of a true story without reliance on such dramatizations. This movie is richly and so accurately, the encapsulation of "The Story of A Soul", one of the most published and beloved autobiographies of all time. This story is the true and heart rendering account of a simple young Therese and her sisters, who abandoned incredible and luxurious wealth to live the sacrificial, cloistered—imprisoned—lives of Carmelite nuns in the late 19th Century. Through time, Saint Therese shares directly with her readers, and now with her viewers, the meaning of her incredible "little way", and what it has meant to millions of people for over a century. She is so highly regarded, that only 32 other saints in all of history have been named Doctor of The Church, a title shared by the likes of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, St. Francis De Sales, St. Thomas Liguori, St. John of The Cross, St. Catherine of Sienna, and Teresa of Avila, from whom she took her own name. Written under strict obedience of her prioress, and wonderfully captured on film, her story will be treasured until the end of time. This is not simply a Catholic movie written about a Catholic saint. This is a fabulous story about a person who continues to do as she promised, and always will. "I will spend my Heaven doing good upon the earth"