Maria Montessori (1870-1952) is considered one of the world's greatest figures in the field of pedagogy and education. Raised in a loving and supportive family, the girl broke standards from her teenage years. At the age of 13, Maria decided to become an engineer and became the only girl in a technical school. At 20, she turned with equal enthusiasm to another then exclusively male profession: medicine. Overcoming all obstacles, on 10 July 1896, she took up medicine. Montessori became Italy's first female physician.  At the beginning of the 20th century, she began to devote more and more of her time and attention to children with special needs. In 1907, she founded the first orphanage, where she applied previously unheard-of methods of education and training. The progress was so evident that just a year later there were already four such institutions in Rome. Now, the training system she developed is widely used all over the world.  Based on true events, the story tells the story of the famous Parisian coquette Lili Dalenji (actress Leïla Bekhti), who can't let the public know that she's given birth to a disabled daughter. To protect her and herself, she travels to Rome, where she meets Maria Montessori (actress Jasmine Trinca), a medical graduate and unconventional educator. Forced to hide her illegitimate son, Maria understands Lili well. With each other's support, these two tenacious women slowly carve out their rightful place in a world that has shunned change and is dominated by men.  Directed by Léa TodorovStarring Jasmine Trinca, Leïla Bekhti, Raffaele Esposito