Little Aurore's Tragedy

La petite Aurore: l'enfant martyre
The cover for the film.
Directed by	Jean-Yves Bigras
Written by	Emile Asselin
Produced by	Renaissance Films Distribution and Warner Bros.
Starring	Yvonne Laflamme Aurore Andois Lucie Mitchell Paul Desmarteaux Janette Bertrand, Jean Lajeunesse J. Léo Gagnon
Release date	April 25, 1952 (1952-04-25)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French
Budget	$59,000

Little Aurore's Tragedy (French: La petite Aurore: l'enfant martyre "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.[1]

A classic of early Quebec cinema, La Petite Aurore l’enfant martyre was based on a true story. 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.

Production

The film had a budget of $59,000 (equivalent to $652,739 in 2023).[2]

References

1. "L'Alliance Cinematographique Canadienne". collections.tiff.net. Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
2. Melnyk 2004, p. 82.

Works cited

• Melnyk, George (2004). One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 080203568X.

See also

• Aurore Gagnon

External links

• Little Aurore's Tragedy at IMDb