Le Rêve (1931)
Directed by Jacques de Baroncelli

Film Synopsis

One snowy Christmas, a child is found abandoned in the entrance of a cathedral.  A couple of embroiders, the Huberts, take her in and offer her food and shelter.  The child, Angélique, relates how she, an orphan, has been passed between foster homes all her life.  The Huberts take pity on her and agree to adopt her.  Ten years later, Angélique has grown into a beautiful young woman and accomplished embroiderer.  To reward her for the chasuble she has embroidered for Monseigneur d'Hautecoeur, her adopted father takes her to the bishop's ancestral home.  The visit coincides with the return of the son that the Monseigneur had just before he took his orders.  Félicien is 20, handsome and will inherit a fortune from his mother.  Pretending to be a glass painter, he meets Angélique and the two fall in love.  It is not long before Angélique discovers Félicien's true identity and her dreams are shattered when the Monseigneur announces that his son will marry the noble woman Claire de Voincourt...