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La Maternelle

1932, Movie, NR, 100 mins

La Maternelle: Review

Renaud takes a job as a nurse in a children's day care center and befriends the lovable Elambert, who has been abandoned by her prostitute mother. The two grow fond of each other, but when Renaud announces her upcoming marriage, Elambert is deeply affected. The child proceeds to throw herself into the Seine in a suicide attempt, but is rescued. Directed by the brother-and-sister team of Jean Benoit-Levy and Marie Epstein, the films falls flat at the point of the child's suic... read more leave a comment