Little Aurore's Tragedy
1952 Canadian film
- April 25, 1952 (1952-04-25)
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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, produced by L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne and distributed by Renaissance Films Distribution and Warner Bros.[1]
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.
Production
The film had a budget of $59,000 (equivalent to $652,739 in 2023).[2]
References
- ^ "L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne". collections.tiff.net. Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
- ^ Melnyk 2004, p. 82.
Works cited
- Melnyk, George (2004). One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 080203568X.
See also
- Aurore Gagnon
External links
- Little Aurore's Tragedy at IMDb
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