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La Maternelle (1933)

Dir: Jean Benoît-Lévy, Marie Epstein         Drama       stars 4
Overview
La Maternelle is a French film first released in 1933, directed by Jean Benoît-Lévy and Marie Epstein.  The film is based on a novel by Leon Frapie and stars Madeleine Renaud, Alice Tissot, Paulette Élambert, Sylvette Fillacier and Mady Berry.  It has also been released under the title: Children of Montmartre.  Our overall rating for this film is: very good.


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Synopsis
A series of personal disasters leaves a young woman, Rose, without money, family or home.  After the death of her bankrupt father, she finds work as an attendant in a nursery school for children in a deprived area of Paris.  Here she befriends a little girl, Marie, the unwanted daughter of a prostitute.  The bond between Marie and Rose becomes so great that when the latter decides to marry Dr Libois, the little girl tries to kill herself...


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