Jean is ten years old and imagines that he is the cause of the misunderstanding that occurred between his parents. He leaves the military institute where he studies and becomes the protégé of an opera singer at whose house, one day, he surprises a thief who blesses him. His parents reconcile at the foot of his hospital bed.
Acting
Gabriel Farguette's devastating child performance.
Direction
Dual directors balance opera glamour and intimate family drama.
Director
Georges Pallu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ninon Vallin was a celebrated real-life opera singer, not just playing one — her casting blurred art and life.
This rare 1938 co-production between French and Spanish directors reflects pre-WWII European cinema's fragile internationalism.
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