Le Garçon sauvage (1951) - film review

Marie earns a comfortable living working as a prostitute in the French port of Marseilles.  Now that she has some stability in her life, she decides to take charge of her twelve-year old son Simon, whom she has placed in the care of kindly shepherd.   At first, Simon is overjoyed to be reunited with the mother whom he worships.  But the boy’s delight soon turns to dismay when he realises how she derives her income.  He is even more disgusted by her current boyfriend, Paul, a drunken layabout who seems to be invested with the worst of human vices...

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