Little Aurore's Tragedy

La petite Aurore: l'enfant martyre
The cover for the film.
Directed by Jean-Yves Bigras
Produced by Renaissance Films Distribution and Warner Bros.
Written by Emile Asselin
Starring Yvonne Laflamme
Aurore Andois
Lucie Mitchell
Paul Desmarteaux
Janette Bertrand,
Jean Lajeunesse
J. Léo Gagnon
Release date
 April 25, 1952
Running time
 102 minutes
Country Canada
Language French
Budget $59,000

Little Aurore's Tragedy (French: La petite Aurore: l'enfant martyre "little Aurore, the child Martyr") is a French 1952 Quebec biographical drama movie that was directed by Jean-Yves Bigras and produced by Renaissance Films Distribution and Warner Bros..

A classic of early Quebec cinema, La Petite Aurore l’enfant martyre was based on a true story. Aurore (Laflamme) is 12 years old and lives with her sickly mother (McKinnon) and father (Desmarteaux) in a small village during the 1920s. A widowed neighbour (Mitchell) appears concerned and helpful, but Aurore discovers she actually hastens her mother’s death. Her father marries the widow, and the child is forced to live with her cruel stepmother. She is systematically beaten and tortured until the local doctor (Gagnon) intervenes. But he is too late, and Aurore succumbs to her abuse. This film was remade in 2005 by Luc Dionne, and was named Aurore.

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