Madeline (1998)

Directors

Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Cast

Frances McDormand, Nigel Hawthorne, Hatty Jones, Ben Daniels, Stéphane Audran, Rachel Dennis

The story

In 1956 Paris, a young orphaned girl named Madeline attends a Catholic boarding school with eleven other girls, taught by the strict yet loving nun Miss Clavel and fed by the passionate chef Hélène. Despite having neither a family nor money, Madeline maintains a positive, yet mischievous attitude. One night, Madeline is stricken with appendicitis and taken to the hospital, where she undergoes an appendectomy.

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