Horse hooves
Soft music
(In Italian) My son,
I'm just your mother,
But you, my hero,
my only love,
you are everything to me,
And all that I will accomplish
until I die,
it will be for you,
- The child is crying, - Shh,,,
He screams,
Hubbub
Upbeat music
Hello, the rose bushes are blooming
Hello, the branches are greening up
Hello, here is spring
Cuckoo
The beautiful sun is shining
Hello, and the girls' eyes
Hello, do the same
What are you doing, what are you doing
Still asleep?
Awake, wake up
The world is transformed The donkey brays,
Cuckoo
Open me quickly
Hello, my heart invites you
Cuckoo
You have to love us
The donkey brays,
- Gorgeous, - THANKS,
Was the harvest good?
- Yes, the bouquets kept coming,
The lilies?
A soldier,
- A general? - A lieutenant colonel, I think,
He lacks war to rise in rank,
The orchid?
- A young boy, very cute, red cheeks,
He still lives with mom, but would give up everything for you,
He would come to love me and,,,
from there, to fight,
Yes,
Him or his mother,
But there is a more tempting proposition,
Roses?
- The Italian prince, He dropped off a suit for you,
He absolutely wants to see you this evening,
Again ?
What will it be this time?
Ah, he wants to conquer me!
He has the means,
And we, the need,
Someone imitates a horse,
Lili, your crusader is coming,
- (In Italian) - Here we go ?
Good evening, my prince,
Ready to attack!
The Duchess ended up under the table,
- Again ? - Yes,
Then we went to the stables,
I was sure it was for his farewell gift,
A horse?
- He wanted me to taste the milk of his Kyrgyz mare,
Yuck!
- For my trouble, I demanded his most beautiful stallion,
Not bad,
And he invited me to Rome,
It's not London or Berlin,
We knock,
- Madam, - What do you want ?
Is it here, Yvonne Curières?
- There's no Yvonne here, - I'll take care of it,
Leave!
Leave us,
- Hold, - Thank you, sir,
- It wasn't difficult to find your trace,
I wasn't hiding,
You have changed,
Your cheeks hollowed,
Mom is dead,
- Did you come all the way to Paris to tell me this?
A letter would have sufficed,
- You forget your heritage, You have to get rid of them,
Did you think we'd take care of it after mom died?
She will be all the rage with your suitors,
- Come back next week, Bye,
Lily,
Between,
The tailor was there,
- In two days, everyone will know,
In a week, it will be in the press,
The province?
- You win a week, at most,
Yes,
Moans
Intriguing music
I'll pack your bags,
Snoring
Door slam
- (In Italian) - For the little one,
My cousin's son was there,
Pardon ?
My cousin's son,
Like the little one,
A deficient,
shrill laughter
- (In Italian) - Hello Mrs,
What can I do for you ?
- I'm waiting for the doctor, Go get it,
-Maria Montessori, doctor of medicine,
What can I do for you ?
It's for the child,
You take children like that,
His age?
Nine years, I think,
- Is this your daughter? - No,
She's my niece,
She has an astonishing build,
- Are you the one who takes care of it? - No,
What does she eat?
I don't know anything about it,
Come on, let's walk,
Come on,
At what age did she walk?
I don't know,
She's only been with me for a few weeks,
- Does she speak?
Can you take it?
I can pay, Tell me how much,
- This is a public institute, Nobody pays,
At the moment, we are not taking on any new children,
We could accommodate him for the day,
But before starting treatment,
we check that the child will be able to benefit
of our rehabilitation methods,
You will have to come back
if you would like us to run tests,
What is his name?
Tina,
Her name is Tina,
Tina?
It's pretty, Welcome, Tina,
Tina, can you hear me?
Giuseppe Montesano,
my colleague and co-director of the institute,
- Enchanted, - Good morning,
- Ms, Curières, from France, and little Tina,
- (In Italian) They are waiting for us, You have to go there,
Ciao, Tina,
Bye,
But,,,
Monday, 8 a,m,
Tears
Moans
Dr, Montesano,
You honor us with your presence,
Would you be kind enough to explain to us
How do baths help cure idiocy?
- You have demonstrated the close relationship
between general sensitivity and moral feeling,
Criminals and prostitutes have poorly
developed tactile and pain sensitivity,
We see that the same is true for the deficient,
So you support my theory,
Criminals, prostitutes, and therefore the
deficient belong to the same category of
degenerates who threaten the race of our country,
Not if we take care of them,
Baths develop skin sensitivity,
tone muscle tissue,
Alternating hot and cold baths is a
powerful way to attract the child's attention,
Thus, we prepare them to receive education,
-Aren't these poor children above all sick?
Is their place really in an educational institute?
It is now proven that
stupid children can learn,
Knowing this, it would be inhumane
to leave them with the madmen,
- We must demonstrate economic lucidity,
Keeping idiots in asylums is expensive,
The methods we use here, among the
most modern in the world, allow them to
learn to read, write, count but also to
work and therefore to be useful to society,
This is why we have entrusted you
with the management of this institute,
But,,,
When will you have results?
- In a few months, children at the institute will be
able to take the same exam as ordinary children,
I strongly doubt
that you achieve this by giving them a bath,
We will be there
to examine
your learned monkeys,
Miss Montessori,
- If I could become a doctor while being a woman,
There is hope for these little idiots,
Maria,
Laughter
I thought he was going to explode with rage,
- He made me go through such hell at university, he deserves it!
Classical music
Do you have debts?
- How did you guess?
- I am used to serving as proof of wealth,
- The French woman is a luxury object of which we are proud,
And the Italian woman?
A piece of furniture for domestic use,
Besides, do you like your apartment?
A lot,
Are you inviting me?
Not tonight,
- You have been here for two weeks and your door remains closed,
Are you hiding a dead body in my apartment?
Laughter
Several,
Better not to insist too much,
Otherwise, you will be next,
What a beautiful celebration!
Lili, my dear friend!
Betty?
An apparition falling from the sky,
You in Rome?
- And I am happy to see you there,
You are radiant,
- I can't believe it, I dreamed of you last night,
- Oh yes ? - What brings you here?
- A bad cough, Parisian humidity,
The doctors recommended sun,
- And you ? - I have been here for a year already,
There is so much to do, in this city,
Hygiene,
illiteracy,
-And poverty, - Exciting,
Excuse me, my date is waiting for me,
We will see each other again,
Little shrill cry
Come, Matteo,
Look at me,
Matteo, look at me,
Pass me the item, Serena,
Look at the object, Matteo,
Focus your attention on the object,
Look at, Look at the object,
With both hands,
opens and closes,
Close your hands on the object,
Farm,
Come on,
Well done !
- Well done ! - Well done, Matteo,
- It is the will of the master which must prevail,
never the other way around,
Doctor!
- I'm going to examine the little French girl,
You will be my assistant,
Feet back,
Tina,
Straighten your head, That's it, that's good,
We will measure,,,
the size,
Come on,
Straighten up a little, That's it, like that,
Are you coming with me?
Look at me,
Hey, Tina!
- Thirty-seven,
Will you take the doll, Tina?
- Go ahead, raise your leg,
Are you ready?
Hop, almost!
Shall we try again?
Are you going out?
I know, it's difficult,
She plays a few notes,
Your piano sounds out of tune,
- We have finished the tests, - SO ?
- The cause is always difficult to
determine, especially at his age,
But she lacked attention, care, and
everything you need to reduce your difficulties,
Idiots don't heal,
- Take it back, then, - No,
Here it will be very good,
- We can accommodate him for the day,
It will benefit him,
-And where will she sleep? I have to return to Paris,
- In Paris, you will find equivalent care,
- There is Dr Bourneville,,, - It's impossible,
- If a place becomes available, I will tell you,
I beg you,
- It's an educational institute here,
not an orphanage,
Good morning,
Mario, look, Mom and Dad are here,
How are you ?
GOOD, He tries to get up,
Tinting of bells
Soft music
Do you want apple?
Not the skin, the apple,
Mario,
Look at,
A friend sent it to me from Paris,
“Lili d’Alangy”,
It's Madame Curière,
What is she doing in Rome?
She's probably hiding the child,
I had an idea
that I wanted to talk to you about,
I'm listening to you,
What if you took Mario home?
For what ?
Mario is fine where he is,
- I could go see him more often,
when the farm is so far away,
Maria, you know that,,,
it's impossible,
For what ?
I would lose my
job, my reputation,
- No one would dare, you are a man,
Maria, I love you and I
would do anything for you,
But don't ask me to impose
such dishonor on my mother,
- You could say he's your nephew,
Stop, Maria,
Let's solve this problem like we
should have done a long time ago,
Marry me,
- We've already talked about this, - The situation has changed,
Be realistic,
we work together, we have Mario,,,
What are you afraid of?
- When my mother was young, she wanted to study,
You did it,
But my father didn't want to,
She obeyed because she belongs to him,
Marriage is not an act of love
between two free and equal people,
It's slavery, an enslavement,
Maria,
Stop,
You talk to me like I don't know any of this,
As if I were your father! I'm not your father,
I know,
I promise to think about it,
Promised,
It's late now,,,
Your parents,,,
They will worry,
Good night, dad,
Piano notes
Melody of “Coucou”
Lili hums,
Idiot!
Look what you did,
You're ruining my life,
She slams the door,
Soft music
You hold on,
Again,
Raise your arms, open your hand and squeeze the bar, like this,
Go ahead,
Hold the bar like this,
Again,
1, 2, 3, 4,,,
Again,
Yes, like that,
Tighten the bar!
You squeeze, Shake your hands,
Again,
Let's start again,
Are you still hungry, my love?
Step up!
Caught !
Step up!
Caught !
Come on, come on,
Come on,
Very good, Tina,
Round, square,
Jump and spin,
Do like me,
Soft music
Well done, Tina,
Do it like this,
No, no,
You do it, Tina,
Attention,
Square,
triangle, circle,
Square, triangle, circle,
Yes ! That's good, Tina!
- Hello, Tina, - Come on,
Madame D’Alangy,
Tina is a strong-willed child,
And his progress is impressive,
Take the time to look at it,
I'm expected,
You should stay,
Tina needs you,
She doesn't understand Italian,
- I don't know if she understands French,
And I don't need her,
Really ?
SO,,,
Who knows the pen?
What is a feather?
The pen,,,
is sweet,
she is white,
Achilles,
The “feather”,
You say like me, “The pen”,
The pen,
Feather,
Lucia,
The pen,
Look how I pronounce it,
"Feather",
Agostino,
"Feather",
Alright,
Go ahead, Ciro,
Now we are going to write the word "feather",
SO,,,
Anna,
You write by hand,
Tina, I'll give you the letters,
For you, it's "the pen",
"There,,,
"feather",
"Feather",
Tina, I'm coming to see you,
You show me how you do it,
There we are, we are going to write the word “feather”,
Can I help you?
And this one, there,
There,
GOOD,
"Feather",
"L",
And there, look at me, It's "U",
Alright !
Well done, Tina!
Lively piano music
Courses in Italian
- What's going on?
Excuse me,
But,,,
How happy they are!
- This music has a most curious effect on them!
- What if a dance lesson followed the working hour?
- Look at me,
Carlotta, come on,
Madame Rosa?
One more moment,
Well done !
THANKS, Maria, come with Mario,
Mario cries,
- Excuse me,
Of course,
He had stopped,
He wants to imitate the youngest,
Mario, then it's over,,,
She's grown up a lot, the little one!
Look, she looks in good shape,
Yes, in great shape,
She loves Mario, she follows him everywhere,
They are very cute,
Soft music
Yesterday I went to see Mario,
I would like him to come and live here, With me, with us,
You know it's impossible,
Which is impossible,
it was not being able to recognize my son,
We could hide it,
Door slam
Piano music
Come on,
A,
two,
And,,,
three,
Who is it?
-Lena, - Well done !
Applause
One, two,,,
go ahead!
- Who is it? - Anna,
Well done !
Applause
- There will be a big exam, next month,
I think I can introduce Tina with the other children,
She's ready,
-Tina, - Well done !
Yours, Tina,
One, two,,,
go ahead,
Who is it ?
Mom ?
- Yes, - Well done !
Applause
Soft music
Come on,
Do you like it?
Good morning,
Hello Mrs, Miss,
What can I do for you ?
The,,, red cape for,,,
- The mantella? - Yes,
I'll get it for you,
Lili, is that you?
It's Betsy!
Lili, is that you?
Advance !
Wait,
Let me pass, please,
Lily?
I thought I was wrong,
It's been forever,
- I thought you were in Paris, - Soon, I hope,
Here it is,
But it was for the little girl,
Madam ?
- What a pleasure, I'm always happy to see you,
See you soon,
- Bye, - Bye,
Here we go,
Tina, let's continue the exercise,
You take the pencil, that's it,
Tina,
Did you want to see me?
Yes,
A place becomes available,
We lost a child,
We can accommodate Tina in boarding,
Come,
You must sign here,
The mother's name,
It will be better,
At one year old, the doctor told us she was stupid,
And you left?
- At first it was such joy, to hold her in my arms,
She was so small,
So pretty,
But she wasn't moving enough,
She wasn't eating enough, didn't cry enough,
At 12 months, she couldn't sit still,
My husband started to look at her differently,
And after?
- My husband's family and my father had the marriage annulled,
The child was the fruit of my sins,
It wasn't your fault,
- Few things are asked of a woman,
But I hadn't succeeded in that,
To make a beautiful baby,
Soft music
Good night, Tina,
Sleep well,
Moans
Mario!
What did you do?
We do not touch the food on the table,
Come out, Mario, Get out!
Both babies are crying,
Unfortunately, I can't wear both,
Not to mention my elders,
Mario,
Do you know what we're going to do?
Look what I give you,
Come here,
With the egg,
do you know what we're going to do?
Yes, it's the egg,
Just break it like this,
Well done, take the ladle,
You open it like this,
You keep the shell for yourself,
It can't be eaten,
Blend,
Yes, Mario,
Well done, Mario!
Like that,
They are not trying to bother you,
They only want to imitate you,
Well done, Mario,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear professors,
Dear Ministers,
here we train teachers and educators
and we work with a group of disabled children,
in order to develop our new scientific teaching method,
After a year of experimentation, we are delighted to present
the fruit of this work,
THANKS,
Applause
Let's start with math,
How much is 2 x 3?
We asked you how much is 2 x 3,
It's like when you go to the store,
You bought two cents worth of beans,
And with a penny, you buy three beans,
How many beans did you buy?
Six,
Murmurs of admiration
Well done !
Do this subtraction:
10 -3,
A,
two,
three,,,
Seven,
Well done !
“Alessandro eats a pear,”
Underline the verb,
"Yesterday,,,"
"Yesterday,
Alessandro
ate
a pear,"
Do this mental calculation:
3+3x3,
Twelve,
She doesn't speak Italian,
She's a little French girl,
- What's your name ?
What's your name ?
Do you mean your first name?
She doesn't seem to understand,
Can you write your name on the board?
Tina,
My name is Tina,
Write,
"The rabbit runs in the field,"
Yes !
GOOD !
Do the division: 6 divided by 3,
- Well done, - Thank you so much,
- Excuse me !
Having worked alongside my admirable
colleague Giuseppe Montesano for a year, I
would like to share my personal conclusions with you,
We used scientific methods
of Doctor Séguin,
inspired by the great Itard
and imitated in France by Doctor Bourneville,
But these methods are nothing without a secret ingredient,
The new pedagogy
must recognize the sublime art of motherhood
in order to protect
the normal but also abnormal part of society,
It's an education full of love,
of which the woman is the symbol,
who allowed us
to present these children to you for the preparatory course exam,
To educate them,
we loved them above all,
Hubbub
- What is all this?
Why did you take the material from the institute?
There was nothing here,
I have to take care of my child,
- Why did you leave? We were looking for you!
- It was a charade! - It was a huge success!
Our financing is guaranteed for the future,
Don't you understand?
What then?
- What is success worth if that is the price to pay?
He barely recognizes me,
He calls another woman “mom,
” - It happens to children in foster care, - I can't take it anymore,
I want to be with my son,
He's a journalist,
- A journalist? - Yes,
- Children, silence please!
One, two and three!
- Madam Montessori, explain this paradox to me,
When I look at you, I see a
beautiful, feminine, charming woman,
Where does this virile strength come from which nevertheless seems to animate you?
- I miss the time when men wore wigs
and powder to take care of their appearance,
They were less ugly than today,
More feminine, perhaps,
Many women, including mine,
enjoy being at home without working,
They don't want to take on masculine roles,
- If women chose their partner
after having acquired their economic independence,
men would be forced to improve, right?
Driven by the law of the market,
The others, unable to reproduce, would remain alone,
- Hello, I am Giuseppe Montesano, director of the institute,
Come, I'll show you around,
Maria, are you going back to work with the children?
- No, I'll let you take care of it, Excuse me,
Scream of rage
His name is Mario,
-And where is he?
At a nanny's house in the countryside,
The father?
- It is,,, - Giuseppe, yes,
- Why not live together as a group?
We should get married,
I don't want to become anyone's property,
But Giuseppe loves you,
- Can we entrust our destiny
to a feeling as fickle as love?
- Why did you have a child, SO ?
- I didn't realize right away that I was pregnant,
I worked all the time,
It was my mother who noticed it, when
she saw that my dresses no longer closed,
And with Giuseppe,
we saw ourselves as a modern couple,
We often went to see Mario in the countryside,
but we continued to have our life in Rome,
But when the institute opened,
there was too much work,
I couldn't see him anymore,
- Well, take him to Rome,
Get an apartment, a maid to take care of it,
With what money?
Your salary,
- I am not paid for my work here,
- Are you kidding? - But no,
Only Giuseppe receives a salary,
You are stupid,
You have studied, you work tirelessly,
and you are poor?
You are stupid,
You already said it,
- I don't know a more intelligent woman,
and you can't afford anything that I have,
Fortune, This is postage,
The right to everything,
Even for consideration,
Everything can be bought,
In Paris,
I am acclaimed by the crowd,
imitated by married women,
cherished by men whom I ruin,
To be free,
a woman must be rich,
- They play like this for hours,
They don't play,
They work,
Look how focused they are,
Your eldest will soon be able to read,
- Is it the same with your little idiots?
No, it's very different,
The children at the institute need guidance,
While here,
they grab objects on their own,
It seems like they have an intuition about how to use it,
It's astonishing,
Playful laughter
It suits you perfectly,
- You're kidding, - No way,
It highlights your features,
- You're going to make me a coquette,
That's my intention,
Learn to make yourself desired,
To seduce,
For sale to you,
- You are beautiful, Maria, - THANKS,
You are welcome,
Thanks to you, I met Tina,
It's so strange,
His absence weighs on me,
But,,,
his presence is unbearable to me,
When I look at her, I think of
the little girl she should have been,
Don't be so proud,
Ladies and gentlemen,
this is the only,,,
here is the real one,,,
here is the only one,,,
Montessori!
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
Within the orthophrenic institute,
with my colleague Giuseppe
Montesano, co-director of the
institute, we followed the methods invented by Itard,,,
No, no, stop!
These names don't interest anyone,
And this science stuff,
it's boring,
Say "I",
- No, - If !
“I invented a method,”
Tell us a story,
A story in which you are the heroine,
This is what people are waiting for,
Our targets are the wives of powerful men,
Good evening,
They are often intelligent,
bored because they are not
working, and invest their energy in causes,
Champagne?
Madam ?
For example, our hostess, Betsy,
A remarkable woman,
Theosophist,
powerful,
- And you, Maria, what future holds for you?
I am going to revolutionize the school,
Really ?
Yes,
I have the intuition that the methods developed at the institute
are not specific to the education of idiots,
They contain more rational principles
than those employed today,
Continue,
The principle of slavery
has governed pedagogy and school until now,
However, all forms of slavery are gradually disappearing,
Even the sexual slavery of women,
And the history of civilization
is a story of conquests,
but also liberations,
It's time to liberate childhood through scientific pedagogy,
- Waiting for, he needs paid work,
Maybe you could do something,
Solemn drum
Woman's song
There is no religion
superior,,,
to the truth,
Whatever,,,
greater happiness
if this happiness,,,
is selfish,,,
if we don't sacrifice ourselves
for the good of all?
- Follow the color carefully,
- Red, - Red,
Red !
Betsy offered me the opportunity to teach
at the university, in the women's department,
- Betsy? - Yes,
A friend, A powerful woman,
- What are you going to teach?
Anthropology,
Are you doing it for the money?
You should have asked me, I would have given you some,
- I asked you to take Mario, You refused,
- Is that why you need the money?
Yes,
Green !
- Green ! - Green !
Have you thought of me?
What people will say about me
if you live alone with our child?
- No one will know it's your son,
Blue,
When I started my studies,
it was unthinkable that a woman would pursue medicine,
Knowledge of the body
had to remain exclusively masculine,
The class that scared me the most
and which posed the most problem to the university hierarchy,
was anatomy class,
It was unimaginable that a woman
finds himself,
what's more, in the company of men,
in the presence of a corpse,
I remember the first lesson,
I was tortured,
I felt like my body was dying,
But in the distance,
I saw a luminous lens,
Certainly,
the road leading there was difficult,
Horrible even,
But I felt inside me
an inner faith,
a deep call,
So,
I have drunk the bitter cup
down to the dregs,
Since Eve's original sin,
women have been inculcated with
the idea that knowledge is guilty,
No,
Women must free themselves from
apathy, from the shadow of ignorance,
They must appropriate science to emancipate themselves,
Women must leave the house, bring to the
world the values ​​they develop in the intimate sphere,
Motherhood will thus become a social
model, structuring the whole of society,
Women should be the bosses
and not the slaves of motherhood,
Motherhood is the fundamental principle of creation,
Everything flows from this source,
And Eve,,,
Eve is the symbolic mother of humanity
since she knows the secrets of life,
sexuality,
and death,
Come closer,
Excuse me,
My mother,
Teresa Montesano,
came from Calabria to visit me,
Enchanted, Mrs, Montesano,
Giuseppe told me a lot about you,
I was leaving,
Charming,
You have to get to know her,
- Did you see the commotion after my class at the university?
Yes, I saw,
You're going too far, Maria,
I can no longer let myself be crushed by your selfishness and ambition,
The rector called me following your number,
He asked me if we used corpses here too
to subvert the youth,
What an exaggeration,
This is not a good time,
I have to take care of the marriage papers,
What ?
I'm going to get married,
With another woman,
Are you kidding?
- She has been in Rome for a week,
She was waiting for my response,
I don't understand,
- You have to decide what you do for Mario,
For Mario?
Yes,
The wedding is in a week,
Either you take it with you,
either I recognize it
but you won't be able to see him anymore,
It's time to live up to your public speeches,
A modern woman?
Freed?
Show them who you really are:
a single mother with a two-year-old child,
Crying child
Soft music
Mario!
He's drowning!
You're delirious,
It was so heavy,
- You've been here for three days, unconscious,
Stay lying down,
You need to rest,
THANKS,
Can I tell him?
Of course,
Betsy found a house,
A house?
- To create a school according to the Montessori method,
- I found the name, It sounds good,
The Montessori method,
Dad,,,
It's your name,
It's you who wears it
and which made him famous,
My son,
it's for you that I live,
It’s for you that everything happens,
Soft music
It must be like this,
I have to leave you,
For your future,
so that you are happy,
This is what I am ready to endure anything for,
This is my cross:
I'm going to war
to win the rights of the child,
It's destiny,
the sacred call,
One day I will come back
and I will give you everything,
my son,
Joys are yours,
the sorrows are mine,