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Le calvaire de Cimiez (1934)

Le calvaire de Cimiez poster
Directed by
Jacques de Baroncelli
Genre
comedy drama
Country
France
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother loses her mind and gives her daughter to a cousin. The cousin takes the child because she knows her own husband is the father. When the mother recovers and returns for her daughter, the child does not recognize her, so the mother pretends to still be insane.

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