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Les Lumières du soir (1956)

Les Lumières du soir poster
Directed by
Robert Vernay
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young dancer at the Paris Opera performs in a cabaret to support her mother, who was abandoned by her husband when he left for America.

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What happens

Les Lumières du soir (ou Mère abandonnée en Belgique) est un film français réalisé par Robert Vernay et sorti en 1956. Une jeune danseuse de l'Opéra se produit dans un cabaret pour subvenir aux besoins de sa mère, abandonnée par son mari parti en Amérique. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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