Underplayed Gems

La marâtre (1906)

La marâtre poster
Original title
La Marâtre
Directed by
Alice Guy-Blaché
Genre
silent film
Country
France
Runtime
7 min
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A stepmother makes life hard for her husband's daughter from an earlier marriage. The film shows the conflicts and tensions within their family.

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What happens

La Marâtre est un film français réalisé par Alice Guy en 1906. Il n'a aucun rapport, comme cela est souvent dit, avec le roman de Balzac La Cousine Bette, ni avec sa pièce La Marâtre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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