A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Arore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.
Yvonne Laflamme
as Aurore
Lucie Mitchell
as Marie-Louise
Paul Desmarteaux
as Théodore
Roch Poulin
as Maurice
Janette Bertrand
as Catherine
Jean Lajeunesse
as Abraham
J. Léo Gagnon
as Le médecin
Marc Forrez
as Le curé
Therese McKinnon
as Delphine Andois
Nana de Varennes
as Melvina
Lucie Poitras
as
Rolland D'Amour
as Le forgeron
