Released:
2005-08-31

Overview:
Issues of class, gender roles and parenting bubble to the surface in this 19th-century tale about a shepherd girl who farms off her own newborn to a wet nurse in the countryside so that she can earn high wages nursing the infant of a wealthy couple. The two young mothers soon become friends, but trouble arises when the bourgeois hubby takes issue with his wife fraternizing with the help.

Director:
Antoine Santana

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Isild Le Besco
  as
  Angèle-Marie
• 
  Émilie Dequenne
  as
  Charlotte
• 
  Grégoire Colin
  as
  Julien
• 
  Anémone
  as
  Léonce
• 
  Bernard Blancan
  as
  Jacques