Synopsis
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.
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Titles
| Alternate title | Little Aurore's Tragedy | |
| Alternate title | Little Aurore, Martyred Child | |
| Alternate title | Aurore |
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| Original version (French) |
Full credits
| Director | Jean-Yves Bigras |
| Cast | Jean Lajeunesse, Thérèse McKinnon, Lucie Mitchell, Janette Bertrand, Rolland D'Amour, Nana de Varennes, Paul Desmarteaux, Marc Forrez, J.-Léo Gagnon, Yvonne Laflamme |
| Screenplay | Émile Asselin |
| Producer | Roger Garand |
| Cinematography | José Ména, Roger Racine |
| Editing | Jean-Yves Bigras |
| Music | Germaine Janelle |
| Production design | Jacques Pelletier |
| Sound | Yves Lafond |
| Costumes | Marie-Laure Cabana |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
