Aurore (film)

Aurore is a 2005 Quebec biographical drama movie that was directed by Luc Dionne and produced by Denise Robert and Daniel Louis. The movie is a remake of JeanYves Bigrass 1952 movie La petite Aurore lenfant martyre Little Aurore The Child Martyr.

Then, during the fall of 1917, Aurores mother develops tuberculosis. She is brought to hospital for several months and doctors conclude she will never recover. Plans are made to give custody of Aurore and her sister MarieJeanne to Telesphore and his late wifes cousin, MarieAnne often simply referred to as Telesphores cousin in the movie, with whom he had fallen in love. During a visit to MarieAnne before she goes into hospital, Aurores mother finds one of MarieAnnes children locked inside a wooden structure. This alerts her that MarieAnne might not treat Telesphores children well. At the same time, Aurore sees her father kissing MarieAnne the girl criticizes her father for not caring enough about his ill wife.Aurores mother dies in 1918, and Telesphore and MarieAnne marry immediately after the funeral. This is the start of an unhappier, more difficult life for Aurore, as her stepmother and father begin at once to mistreat her. When two of MarieAnnes children die, some villagers blame her for their deaths. ........

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