Little Aurore's Tragedy (1952)
- Original title
- La Petite Aurore, l'enfant martyre
- Directed by
- Jean-Yves Bigras
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A 12-year-old girl in 1920s Quebec lives with her sickly mother and father. A widowed neighbor seems helpful but hastens the mother's death, then marries the father. The stepmother tortures the girl, and a doctor intervenes too late to save her.
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What happens
Little Aurore's Tragedy (French: La Petite Aurore, l'enfant martyre, lit. '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. A classic of early Quebec cinema, La Petite Aurore, l'enfant martyre was based on the murder of Aurore Gagnon. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Star (1952)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.