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Marie's Story
In 19th-century France, a man takes his deaf and blind daughter Marie Heurtin to an institute where she may learn how to live and to communicate. There, Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
March1995, France
May 29, 2015
For the most part, it's a convincingly acted, earnestly told drama that works on the heart and the head.
May 23, 2015
May be regarded as uneven (if you're charitable) or forced (if you're not).
May 06, 2015
Marie and Marguerite's relationship is interesting, but it's the film's religious setting that elevates it beyond melodrama.
June 20, 2015
France's answer to The Miracle Worker, Marie's Story is also based on real events, and it is just as much the story of the girl's resolute teacher-like Helen Keller's Annie Sullivan.
April 30, 2015
Though based on a remarkable true story, this clichéd tear-jerker is barely interested in Marguerite's revolutionary teaching methods, focusing instead on the intensity of her connection to Marie.
March 29, 2016
Inspirational subtitled film is emotionally intense.
April 30, 2015
Both [stars] have radiant smiles, illuminating every moment of understanding or empathy. Their rapport warms the movie as surely as the opening scene's sun.
May 28, 2015
At its most provocative, it suggests a tension between spirit and flesh in the nun's maternal feelings. Rather than examine that friction, Améris pushes the narrative in predictable directions.
June 02, 2015
Respectfully Catholic and beautifully shot. Isabelle Carre and Ariana Rivoire give stunning, physically rough and tumble performances.
May 21, 2015
Milks the tears in the home stretch, making little effort to hold the melodrama at bay. The result is a story that everyone can feel great about feeling terrible about.
April 29, 2015
Améris keeps the film tightly focused on the relationship between the two talented actresses, occasionally drawing back to contrast Marie's turbulent early days with the beauty of the French countryside.
June 18, 2015
This film is beautiful in its dappled-sunshine light, and powerful in the story of transformation that it tells.
