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Hey Everyone, I hope you are doing well, I can't believe were almost to the end of February!
I can't wait till March my birthday month.... I have decided to write about one of my favorite childhood movies that brings me happy memories.
It stars Hatty Jones, Frances McDormand and a whole wonderful cast of people!
The movie begins with a young lady named Madeline who is lives in Paris and the year is 1956 she is a young orphaned child and attends a catholic boarding school with eleven other girls.
They are taught by the strict yet loving nun Miss Clavel, and was fed by a passionate chef named Helene, despite not having a family or money, Madeline maintains a positive yet mischievous attitude.
Later all the girls go to bed after a full day of school and learning Later in the evening while they are sleeping Madeline wake up with a stomach ache and She is having a lot of pain, her teacher comes and checks on her and takes her to the emergency room right away and they arrive at the hospital, once they arrive there Madeline gets taken away on a stretcher right away and the attendants there start asking her teachers questions about her and what kind of medications she is on, and her family history and background.
Madeline is very scared as she is being taken away to another room to have surgery and get her appendicitis out, Her teacher tells her don't worry you can do anything she tells Madeline to keep repeating to herself she can do anything, and before she goes under to get her appendix out she whispers to herself I can do anything.
She makes it through the surgery well, and did an amazing job with the surgery that just happened with her, while she is recovering and in the hospital still she starts building a connection and friendship with Lady Covington she is terminally ill and she is the wife of the school's board of trustees member lord covington, unlike her husband she cares deeply for the school and the girls, having attended herself as a girl.
lady covington shares a secret with Madeline she reveals to her that she has carved her birth name Marie Gilberte, into one of the dorm's bed frames and she asked Madeline to check if her name is still there, a few days later Madeline is released to leave the hospital, before she leaves the hospital she asks if she can see Lady Covington, she passes her room and finds out sadly that she has passed away,
Madeline stayed true to her promised and added her name next to Lady Covington's name, a little later a Spanish ambassador purchases the property next door to the school, and moves there with his family.
While the other girls are fascinated by Pepito the ambassador's spoiled son, Madeline is irritated by the noise he makes on his vespa calling him a bad hat, shortly after Pepito arrived, Lord Covington announces plans on closing the school following his wife's passing and selling the building.
Later Pepito invites the girls to his birthday party, and during the party, the girls become unnerved by showing them a mouse and he makes a hole about killing the mouse, Madeline upset about his actions gets into a little ruckus with him and releases all the mice, causing the visit to be cut short and the girls leave the party.
As a punishment their teacher Ms. Clavel forces the girls to write lines in their notebook the following morning, while out on a daily walk later Madeline is trying to make a point about Pepito to her friends while she is trying to make her point about him, she accidentally falls into the seine water while standing on the ledge over the river,.
She is rescued by a stray laborer retriever who she names Genevieve, she follows Madeline to the school and the girls convince Ms. Clavel to let them keep her even though she has allergies, Madeline finds out about the school being shut down, and she decides to do everything she can to save the school.
She enlists Pepito's help to sabotage lord covington's attempts to sell the school, during the time the two become friends, her efforts with trying to save the property becomes discovered by lord covington, Madeline tries to take responsibility for her involvement, lord covington is unmoved by her apology or the meaning behind her actions especially after she calls him lord cucuface, because of that he sets Genevieve out into the night as revenge and the girls are deeply saddened about this especially Madeline, the next day they go to the circus in hopes of cheering them up with Genevieve being missing,.
Madeline blames herself for what has happened the closing of the school and the missing of Genevieve, she fears that she won't have a place to go once the school is closed, her teacher says she can stay with her, Madeline says she cant promise that..
She decides to run away and join the circus hoping to make friends and find a home within the community there, she confides in her best friend Aggie about her plans to join the circus and makes her promise not to tell where she went.
Madeline leaves the group and accidentally runs into Leopold with the help of a trio of clowns named Idiots, they also kidnap Pepito hoping to ransom him ,while trying to intervene she is abducted as well, Aggie confesses to her teacher Madeline ran away and Pepitos parent's discover that he is missing also, Madeline and Pepito manage to break free of their bonds and find a motorcycle, Madeline uses her hair clip to start it and Pepito drives them away using his experience with his vespa.
You will have to watch the movie to find out what happens next, I can tell you it is a happy ending, and everyone is happy.
I have decided to write about this movie because It brings back a lot of happy memories and I love the story and all the bright colors in the movie, I love the way the story is told about Madeline and how strong, kind, caring and loving she is and how she is willing to help anyone that needs help and she is always ready to lend a hand to whoever needs one, Madeline reminds me a lot of myself with her kind and caring heart, and how much she cares for her school, her friends and her family. And how brave she is in any situation that she is in at a certain time, I especially liked when she said she can do anything, I believe I can do anything too! I want you all to know that you can do anything you set your mind to, If you believe you can achieve! Hard work pays off! My favorite scene from the movie is when Madeline and Genevieve meet, she reminds me a lot of me and Elijah with the love they have for one another and the relationship they have with each other!
I recommend this movie to anyone who wants to watch a good family movie and anyone who wants to watch!






