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Mon p'tit (1922)

Mon p'tit poster
Directed by
René Plaissetty
Genre
silent film
Country
France
Rating
9.2 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy woman loses her baby. A poor woman in the hospital gives her newborn to the wealthy woman. The boy grows up comfortable, watched over by his birth mother who works as a governess. He becomes a factory director, falls in love with his secretary, and marries her. His birth mother dies happy on his wedding day.

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What happens

Mon p'tit est un film français de René Plaissetty, sorti en 1922. Une femme perd son bébé. Sa voisine de clinique pauvre accepte de lui remettre son petit enfant qui vient de naître. Le petit garçon grandit dans le confort, suivi de près par sa mère qui est employée comme gouvernante. Devenu directeur d'usine, il tombe amoureux de sa secrétaire et l'épouse. Sa mère meurt heureuse d'avoir fait son bonheur le jour de son mariage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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