Therese
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Actor: Lindsay YounceBrand: XEN
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-14
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Xenon
Movie Reviews of Therese
Movie Review: "I never expected to suffer this much..."
Summary: 5 Stars
Such are the words that St. Therese of Liseux utters as she lies on her death bed in the final minutes of the movie. The incredible story of one of the world's most beloved modern-day saints is something that cannot quite be conveyed in its entirety in just a 96-minute film, but the direction this movie takes is immediately evident when you begin watching.
From the film's opening moments, where a very young Therese says "Oh Mama, how I wish you would die, because I want you to go to Heaven," to the painful recognition of human suffering in the climatic final scene, we are introduced to a young girl who just may have had more to her than most people come to believe. As human beings, we tend to view the saints as strong, credible, and virtually flawless souls that we could never hope to emulate.
And it is a shame that so many of us tend to feel that way, because the saints were not perfect. In fact, some of the very best of them became saints through the human mistakes they overcame, not the sins they avoided.
With this phenomenal gem of a film, the viewer gets to witness an amazing sense of hope in seeing the story of a girl who was certainly not perfect and was even a normal human person. From the tiny 5-year-old child who kept the death of her mother bottled up inside to the dramatic girl who dreaded school, and from the immature, needy teenager to the loving and selfless young adult she came to be, St. Therese clearly experienced a significant metamorphosis in her life. She was born to two devout Catholic parents that also happened to be very wealthy, and as the youngest of five girls she was about as pampered and spoiled as any "baby of the family" you might see today.
There are a lot of things about Therese that might surprise you. She was a child who loved dressing up in pretty outfits and enjoyed playing with her sisters. She was a kid who struggled to cope with the sneers of the "popular" girls in school and found joy in being at home, dancing and laughing with her family. She missed her mother greatly, pouted when her beloved oldest sister left home to become a Carmelite nun, and even had a nervous breakdown when she realized she couldn't deal with it all. She was a little girl who loved having dessert after dinner, picked flowers, and looked forward to the presents that "Santa Claus" stuffed in her shoes.
It is a breath of clean and pure fresh air to watch little Therese grow up, mature, and develop a strong and loving relationship with God. It is empowering to know that while she did grow into a woman who put others before herself and was constantly giving, she was not always that way. It is even more incredible to see her talk about and live out her "Little Way," something that helped her recognize that while she was not perfect and could not do everything exactly as Jesus did, she could do her part by focusing on the little things with the utmost love and sacrifice.
This film definitely does leave a lot of information about Therese's world. The fact that her parents actually had 9 children and lost 4 during infancy is one part that is not discussed. There are also many tiny elements of Therese's incredible life that are left out, but then again I don't think they were looking to paint a complete portrait here. The makers of this film obviously worked very hard to make this an appealing story to contemporary audiences. Given the fact that the world we currently live in is nowhere near the same as it was when the saints lived, that must have been a very difficult thing to do, and it was obviously a tremendous success. They knew that they can reach people by bringing out the emotional, human side of this wonderful saint. You can walk away from this film feeling lighter, less stressed, and with the knowledge that maybe you really could make a difference. I enjoyed every minute of this movie and by the time it ended, I was inspired to see that we are ALL not only called to live better lives, but ENABLED to live better lives. Just because we're imperfect does not mean the Lord is not confident in our ability to do good things, and that's exactly what this film seeks to illustrate.
Summary of Therese
THÉRÈSE 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. This inspiring true story is told through simple narrative which invites the audience to contemplate and apply such spirituality in their own modern lives, regardless of one's own faith or religious background.Similar DVD Movies
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