Le voile bleu (1942)
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Gaby Morlay, Elvire Popesco, André Alerme, Fernand Charpin, Pierre Larquey, Georges Grey, Jean Clarieux, Marcelle Géniat, Renée Devillers, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Denise Grey, Primerose Perret, Michel de Bonnay, Raymonde La Fontan, Jean Bobillot, Pierre Jourdan
After losing her husband and newborn son, Louise devotes herself to caring for other people’s children.
The story
Louise Jarraud is widowed when her husband falls in battle. She gives birth to a son, but he dies the following day. Unable to give her love to her child and wishing to remain faithful to her husband, Louise decides to devote herself to caring for other people’s children, choosing a life as a wet nurse or governess.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In [year unspecified], Louise Jarraud (Gaby Morlay), whose husband has recently fallen in battle, gives birth to a child who dies the day after he is born. Unable to give her love to her son and wanting to remain faithful to her husband, she decides to devote herself to other people’s children and spends her whole life as a wet nurse or governess. Worn out and prematurely aged, reduced to serving as a maid to a cantankerous old lady whose grandson is a monster, Louise is reunited with one of the children she cared for. On Christmas Eve, he welcomes her into his home and gathers in her honor all those Louise raised.
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