Drama · 2005 · 1h 30m

A Song of Innocence

La Ravisseuse

Director

Cast

Isild Le Besco as Angèle-Marie Émilie Dequenne as Charlotte Grégoire Colin as Julien Anémone as Léonce Bernard Blancan as Jacques Frédéric Pierrot as Rodolphe

Crew

Giorgos Arvanitis — Director of Photography Nadine Verdier — Editor Véronique Puybaret — Writer Antoine Santana — Writer Daniel LeConte — Producer Sylvain Chauvelot — Production Design

Synopsis

Issues of class, gender roles and parenting bubble to the surface in this 19th-century tale about a shepherd girl who farms off her own newborn to a wet nurse in the countryside so that she can earn high wages nursing the infant of a wealthy couple. The two young mothers soon become friends, but trouble arises when the bourgeois hubby takes issue with his wife fraternizing with the help.

Key Collaborators

Antoine Santana Director Giorgos Arvanitis Director of Photography Nadine Verdier Editor Véronique Puybaret Writer Antoine Santana Writer Daniel LeConte Producer Sylvain Chauvelot Production Design Florence Sadaune Costume Design

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