Aurore

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Actors: Rémy Girard , Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse , Michel Barrette , Luc Senay , Marianne Fortier , Stéphanie Lapointe , Alain Boucher , Yves Jacques , Serge Postigo , Monique Spaziani , Alice Morel-Michaud , Gaston Lepage , Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc , Francine Ruel , Michel Forget

Director: Luc Dionne

IMDB Rate: 7.3 out of 10 (467 votes)

Plot Summary:The year is 1909. In the village of Sainte-Philomne de Fortierville, Marie-Anne Caron, wife to Tlsphore Gagnon, gives birth to their second daughter, Aurore. The child grows up in a loving and happy family, but in 1918 her mother dies of tuberculosis. Shortly after, Tlsphore Gagnon decides to remarry, having fallen under the spell of his beautiful cousin, Marie-Anne Houde. Marie-Anne is not the devoted stepmother everyone takes her to be, however. Following the death of Aurore, a coroners inquest reveals that the young girl had died of blood poisoning, brought on by the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepmother. The sensational trial which followed these revelations had a profound and lasting impact on Qubec society. Aurore depicts an almost-forgotten period and social milieu of Qubecs history, finally giving voice to those who, at the time, knew what was going on but preferred to remain silent.