“My system is to be considered a system leading up, in a general way, to education. It can be followed not only in the education of little children from three to six years of age, but can be extended to children up to ten years of age.”

2023 French Italian historical drama film

Maria Montessori is a 2023 French Italian historical drama film written and directed by Léa Todorov. It stars Jasmine Trinca as Maria Montessori and Leïla Bekhti as a fictional woman who turns to her for help. The film is Todorov's second feature. It presents Montessori as a figure at the center of a historical drama, with the story built around her meeting with a woman in need of her support.