Pierre and Jean

Pierre et 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.

Director

André Cayatte

Screenplay

André Cayatte

Novela

Guy de Maupassant

Status

Released

Release date

29/12/1943

Original language

French