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Paris-based company Indie Saleshas closed a raft of major deals on ‘‘Maria Montessori,” a film starring Italian actress Jasmine Trinca(“Fortunata”) as the famed Italian physician and educator who invented a teaching method that is still being used in many schools bearing her name all over the world.

The film, which marks Léa Todorov’s debut feature, has been acquired for Australia and New Zealand (Palace), the Baltics (Best Film), Benelux (Cinéart), Bulgaria (Cinelibri), Canada (Tva), Denmark, Norway & Sweden (Studio S Entertainment), Latin America (Encripta) and Taiwan (Proview Enterprise Inc).

Indie Sales had previously sold it to Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Portugal, Russia and Cis, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland. The company is expected to pursue sales at the European Film Market.

Trinca stars opposite French actor Leïla Bekhti(“The Restless”), who plays Lili d’Alengy, an emancipated French woman well-known on the Parisian cabaret scene. The two women bonded over their children.

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French actress (born 1984)

Leïla Bekhti
Bekhti in 2018
Born	Yasmine Leïla Bekhti (1984-03-06) 6 March 1984 (age 40) Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Spouse
Children	4

Yasmine Leïla Bekhti (born 6 March 1984) is a French film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in Tout ce qui brille (2007) and, in 2006, Paris, je t'aime and Sheitan.

Early life

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Bekhti was born in 1984 in Issy-les-Moulineaux to an Algerian family from Sidi Bel-Abbes. She is the youngest of three children.^[1][2]

Bekhti went to drama school in Paris (18^e) before entering the programme of Stéphane Gildas [fr] in Tolbiac. She next studied in the programme of Bérengère Basty at the Art’aire studio. To live and pay for her acting studies, she worked odd jobs in clothing and telemarketing.^{[citation needed]}

She has self-identified as a Muslim and speaks Algerian Arabic as well, because of her grandmother.^[3]

Career

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In 2005, Bekhti's friends convinced her to go to the casting of Sheitan, where she was selected for the role of Yasmin, a young beurette. Released on 1 February 2006, Sheitan spent 13 weeks in

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