A fallen woman in 1950s France—will society crush her or will childhood love save the day?
Marguerite Le Goff has a sad destiny. Daughter-mother to a holidaymaker at the age of sixteen, she tried to earn a living in Nantes, but succumbed to the promises of the disreputable Pierre who had found her in a sailors' box. Deprived of her child, what would she do if good people didn't sympathize and her childhood friend Jean-Marie didn't take her with him?
Acting
Claudine Dupuis carries the whole tragic weight on her shoulders.
Production
Gritty Nantes locations feel authentically seedy, not studio-polished.
Director
Jean Gourguet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jean Gourguet made dozens of these modest exploitation-tinged dramas, often casting his wife Claudine Dupuis—this was basically their cottage industry.
The 'fallen woman redeemed' trope was box office gold in 1950s France, letting audiences enjoy sin and virtue in one economical package.
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