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The Place du Tertre was the heart of the prestigious Benedictine Montmartre Abbey, established in 1133 by King Louis VI. Montmartre Abbey thrived through the centuries and until the French Revolution under the patronage of the Kings of France. The Place du Tertre was opened to the public in 1635 as Montmartre village central square.
Thérèse Martin is a 1939 French biographical drama film directed by Maurice de Canonge and starring Irène Corday, Madeleine Soria and Marthe Mellot. [1] It portrays the life of the Roman Catholic saint Thérèse of Lisieux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.
Le Bateau-Lavoir, c. 1910. The Bateau-Lavoir (French pronunciation: [bato lavwaʁ] ⓘ, "Washhouse Boat") is the nickname of a building in the Montmartre district of the 18th arrondissement of Paris that is famous in art history as the residence and meeting place for a group of outstanding early 20th-century artists such as Pablo Picasso, men of letters, theatre people, and art dealers.
L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close, by Bertrand Bonello; Les Bien-Aimés, by Christophe Honoré; La Délicatesse, by Stéphane Foenkinos and David Foenkinos; La femme du Vème, by Paweł Pawlikowski; La guerre est déclarée, by Valérie Donzelli; Intouchables, by Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano; Un Monstre a Paris, by Bibo Bergeron
Like two of her older sisters before her, Thérèse Martin is determined to become a Carmelite nun, even though she is officially too young to enter the order. Thérèse's stubborn piety wins through, and her love affair with Jesus transfigures her short life.
La Vie miraculeuse de Thérèse Martin (The Miraculous Life of Thérèse Martin), is a French film, silent, directed by Julien Duvivier, and released in 1929.It is a " stark and striking biographical account of the late 19th century Discalced Carmelite nun who died at age 24 from tuberculosis and was canonized in 1925."
Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë made a renovation of the Place de la République one of his campaign promises in the 2008 campaign for re-election. [6] The project involved the transformation of the square from a "glorified roundabout" into a pedestrian zone, with 70% of the square's 3.4 hectares and surroundings roads being reserved for pedestrians. [6]
In Secret (also known as Thérèse) is a 2013 American erotic thriller romance film written and directed by Charlie Stratton. Based on Émile Zola's classic 1867 novel Thérèse Raquin [3] and the 2009 stage play by the same name penned by Neal Bell, the film stars Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton, Oscar Isaac and Jessica Lange.