Released:
1952-12-05

Overview:
A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Aurore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.

Director:
Jean-Yves Bigras

Runtime:
1h 42min

Genre:
Drama, Horror

• Cast:
• 
  Yvonne Laflamme
  as
  Aurore
• 
  Lucie Mitchell
  as
  Marie-Louise
• 
  Paul Desmarteaux
  as
  Théodore
• 
  Roch Poulin
  as
  Maurice
• 
  Janette Bertrand
  as
  Catherine