La Petite Aurore l'enfant martyre

Synopsis

Aurore, 13 ans, subit brimades et vexations de la part de la seconde épouse de son père. Punie, battue, brûlée, incapable de compter sur un père faible et dominé par sa femme, elle mourra de ces mauvais traitements. Ce film, important sur le plan de l'imaginaire social du Québec des années 50, reçut un accueil délirant au box-office et occupe une place emblématique dans l'histoire du cinéma québécois.

A little girl witnesses the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father, thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Aurore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child. (IMDB)