Desertman84 Thérèse is a feature film that tells the story of Thérèse de Lisieux's life and work, with Lindsay Younce in the title role.It is the first feature film for Leonardo Defilippis, an experienced actor and theatrical director.It tells the story of a young girl who fell in love with Jesus Christ and demonstrated a path of spirituality through the actions of unconditional love, human compassion, and her "Little Way" to the modern world.Thérèse Martin was born in 1873 to a working-class family in France. When she was only four years old, her mother died, sending the child into a cycle of depression. At 14, she experienced a spiritual epiphany and decided to devote her life to God as decided to become a Carmelite nun, and when she was told she was too young, she traveled to the Vatican and personally appealed to the Pope to allow her to join the order. Entering the monastery at a time when winds of intellectual and spiritual change were sweeping the world, Thérèse came to see the simple but sublime life of the nuns as an inspired path to spiritual contentment, and she wrote a powerful book about her religious awakening, The Story of a Soul. Published a year after her tragic death in 1897, Thérèse's autobiography gained widespread acclaim, and the girl known as "the Little Flower" was canonized as a saint in 1925. This is an inspiring true story is told through simple narrative which invites the audience to self-introspection.Also,it allows them to apply such spirituality in their own modern lives.That itself deserves a 10 out of 10 rating.

Patrick Laws I saw this film twice. Both times I laughed and I got tears in my eyes. The movie was good. It wasn't great. I knew going in that Luke Films was a small outfit, so I didn't expect a lot. The acting seemed to get better as the movie progressed. Lindsay Younce did an admirable job for her first starring role. Leonardo De Filippis was, I thought, very good as the father. Jen Nikolaisen who played Celine did a great job as Therese's sister. All in all, the movie probably ranks with such films as "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" and "The Miracle of Marcellino" in the genre of religious movies. Somehow the message of the film overcomes the semi-amateurishness of the film-making.

davebandrews This is the first film I have ever seen that would have been better of dubbed. I could then blame the poor workmanship of foreign films. Bad acting, filming and editing. Where did the actors come from? Certainly not out of acting school. I think he used my grandad's old camera to film this (but forgot to clean the lens. Due to the editing, this film makes it seem the Therese died shortly after entering the convent at 15 when in fact I believe she died aged 24. I went to see this film because I had some time to kill between checking out of my hotel and getting my flight. I now wished I had saved my $7 and gone straight to the airport.

steed_02351 I have to say up front that I'm ignorant of the autobiography and the story in general.I just thought it was tedious and I truly didn't get it.I came in thinking it would be interesting but the pacing, acting, and point of story was just lost on me.If there is anyone out there that can point me in the direction of something that would clear things up I'll keep an open mind about it.I mean the poor father was ready to die and they wheeled him to the convent in the rain instead of the daughters visiting him. When he died they didn't seem to have any trouble going to the house to take what they wanted.I'll stop there.Adam