Pierre and Jean
Alice, an unhappy young woman in the household, is the mother of a little boy, Pierre. She falls in love with a young doctor and plans to run away with him and his son. Finally, not considering the right to deprive Pierre of his father, she gives up. Twenty years pass, Pierre has grown up, he suspects his little brother, Jean, of just being his half-brother. His suspicions gnaw at him, his mother confesses to him her past fault. Faced with this confession, Pierre will abandon the one who sacrificed her life for him.
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André Cayatte Director · Guy de Maupassant Author Charles Bauer Cinematographer
First release December 29, 1943 · Produced in France · Production Continental Films
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Original title
Pierre et Jean
Original language
French
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French
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France · December 29, 1943
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Mexico
May 4, 1951
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