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The year is 1909. In the village of Sainte-Philomène de Fortierville, Marie-Anne Caron, wife to Télésphore Gagnon, gives birth to their second daughter, Aurore. The child grows up in a loving and happy family, but in 1918 her mother dies of tuberculosis. Shortly after, Télésphore Gagnon decides to remarry, having fallen under the spell of his beautiful cousin, Marie-Anne Houde. Marie-Anne is not the devoted stepmother everyone takes her to be, however. Following the death of Aurore, a coroner's inquest reveals that the young girl had died of blood poisoning, brought on by the horrific abuse she suffered at the hands of her stepmother.
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tragicchild abuse,
This review is from: Aurore (DVD)
This movie was so heart breaking, to know that this really happen along time ago. Its a very sad, tragic story but even now in days it tend to happen. The way that lady is evil to aurore n her father just goes with it because he only cares about him n his needs, its terrible. This would be a great movie for education to high school seniors or college students, even for new young parents. Its a good way to open up peoples eyes n have them learn the tragic effect of child abuse. To have them learn how wrong it is and its not permitted. I recommend this movie to friends and family.
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Un film fantastique qui relate une histoire tragique,
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Très bon film qui retrace les dernières années de la petite Aurore. Le refus de tout le village face a cette situation a conduit à ce dénouement funeste.
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Aurore and Sylvia Stories compared,
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I have more than 3,800 live-action movies dealing with children and teens. Fortunately, only a handful deal with such serious child abuse. The only one that equals 'An American Crime' is the French Canadian movie entitled 'Aurore.' In both cases, the child subject is killed by an evil 'caregiver' woman.One aspect of the movie I find troubling is that it is extremely weak in relation to any aspect other than just what happened. This is sharply in contrast with 'Aurore.' The Canadian movie tells the story of a girl who was abused and killed by a stepmother; but it doesn't stop there. It was because of Aurore Gagnon's death in 1920 that the whole network of Child Protective Services was set up in Canada. In 'An American Crime' we are never told if Sylvia's abuse resulted in anything good. In fact, Sylvia's narration tells the viewers that she still hasn't found the meaning in what happened to her. Also, both movies deal with the community involvement, or maybe I should say lack of involvement in stopping the abuse. Indeed, Sylvia's case could be considered to be even more evil than Aurore's case because some of the neighborhood kids actually took part in Sylvia's abuse. In both movies, the church pastor was an integral part of the story. We never are told why Sylvia's Baptist pastor did so little. In Aurore's case, her Catholic priest was an intellectual, a book scholar and professor, who was sent to pastor a rural parish for which he was sorely ill suited. Still, neighbors and others in the community were aware that (at least) something horrible was happening and they did nothing; it was 'mind your own business' gone amuck. I believe that everyone born is given an assignment by God to accomplish with their life, and when that assignment has been accomplished, He takes them 'home' to Heaven. Sylvia might not see the meaning in her abuse and death, but I have a feeling that everyone who sees this movie (or 'Aurore') and who has a heart for children will not stand idly by if they ever even suspect that a child is being abused. If that is the case, then Sylvia's life and suffering was not in vain. Six-year-old Adam Walsh was murdered, and that propelled his father, John, to host 'America's Most Wanted,' a show that has saved many kidnapped children and also put hundreds of criminals behind bars. I would guess that little Adam is in Heaven looking down in amazement at how much his death has done to make life better for many others. I think Aurore and Sylvia would probably have the same 'Heavenly experience' as Adam. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Aurore,
By R. Roller - Published on Amazon.com
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I came upon this story by accident one day and was able to watch some of the movie with Swedish subtitles, which I couldn't understand, and it touched me then. I was surprised when I found this version with the English subtitles and bought it immediately.It's one of the most moving and heartwrenching movies I've ever seen and makes my heart ache when I think about what that poor child went through at the hands of those monsters(her stepmother and father). I can't imagine someone treating another human being in this fashion. I went on-line and read more about this and read some of the court transcripts and found out that the movie is factual. They left some things out in the movie but it wasn't needed to get the point across. It's a very emotional movie and will bring out many different emotions as you watch it...anger, sadness, compassion, hate and love. I can't imagine anyone not crying while watching this movie. It's very well made and the actors do a superb job. I wish I understood French and I've very glad they didn't dub the movie but used subtitles so you can get the full effect of the acting. I highly recommend this movie! 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Foster mom still Crying!!!!,
By J. M. Lewis - Published on Amazon.com
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I am still crying over this movie. The movie is not graphic, however, seeing the chosen tools, hearing the painfully horrid screams and seeing the faces of the siblings who witnessed the abuse give you the general idea of what is going on.I am a foster mom and I have worked with children of all types of abuse. But...not to the severity of what Aurore experienced. I am not trying to spoil the movie for anyone, but the Priest in the movie, well...I very much dislike his character and his guilt led him in the right direction. Rest In Peace Aurore'. I definitely will not forget you. |
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