Little Aurore's Tragedy
La petite Aurore: l'enfant martyre | |
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Directed by | Jean-Yves Bigras |
Written by | Emile Asselin |
Produced by | Distribution and Warner Bros. |
Starring | Janette Bertrand, |
Release date | April 25, 1952 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Budget | $59,000 |
Little Aurore's Tragedy (French: La petite Aurore: l'enfant martyre "little Aurore, the child Martyr") is a Canadian 1952 Quebec biographical drama movie that was directed by Jean-Yves Bigras and produced by Distribution and Warner Bros..
A classic of early Quebec cinema, La Petite Aurore l’enfant martyre was based on a true story. Aurore (Laflamme) is 12 years old and lives with her sickly mother (McKinnon) and father (Desmarteaux) in a small village during the 1920s. A widowed neighbour (Mitchell) appears concerned and helpful, but Aurore discovers she actually hastens her mother's death. Her father marries the widow, and the child is forced to live with her cruel stepmother. She is systematically beaten and tortured until the local doctor (Gagnon) intervenes, but he is too late, and Aurore succumbs to her abuse. This film was remade in 2005 by Luc Dionne and was named Aurore.
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- French-language films
- 1952 films
- Quebec films
- Canadian biographical drama films
- Canadian films
- 1950s biographical drama films
- Canadian black-and-white films
- Quebec film stubs
- 1950s Canadian film stubs