A washerwoman works so long for the same bosses that she gets to like their young son very much. One day she is unjustly accused of robbery, and dismissed. She suffers in her loneliness, until the day she hears that the boy is terminally ill, and there's no medical hope for him. She comes back and sits by him, praying to Saint Thérèse de Lisieux - and the miracle happens.
Acting
Germaine Sablon's face does ALL the work.
Production
Lisieux pilgrimage authenticity, Vatican cosplay included.
Director
Georges Pallu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Saint Thérèse was canonized in 1925 and MASSIVE in 1930s France; this film rides her celebrity like a Marvel movie rides Iron Man.
Director Georges Pallu specialized in 'spiritual cinema'—basically the MCU of interwar French Catholic melodrama, complete with recurring saint cameos.
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