Therese

Directed by a devout Catholic filmmaker, funded and distributed by a faith-based production company and scored by a cloistered Carmelite nun, this biography of the modern-day saint Therese of Lisieux — the "Little Flower" — is as reverential as anyone could wish. Lisieux, France, the late 19th century: As a child, Therese Martin (Lindsay Younce) isn't all that different from other girls her age. She misses her late mother, and even though Therese excels in catechism, she hates going to school; the other girls tease Therese for being her teachers' pet. Therese persuades her father (Leonardo Defilippis, who also directed) to allow her to quit school and be ho...