The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Véronique PuybaretWriter
- Antoine SantanaWriter
- Antoine SantanaDirector
Cast
- Isild Le BescoAngèle-Marie
- Émilie DequenneCharlotte
- Grégoire ColinJulien
- AnémoneLéonce
- Bernard BlancanJacques
- Frédéric PierrotRodolphe