A Song of Innocence

La Ravisseuse

Issues of class, gender roles and parenting bubble to the surface in this 19th-century tale about a shepherd girl who farms off her own newborn to a wet nurse in the countryside so that she can earn high wages nursing the infant of a wealthy couple. The two young mothers soon become friends, but trouble arises when the bourgeois hubby takes issue with his wife fraternizing with the help.

Screenplay

Véronique Puybaret

Screenplay

Antoine Santana

Director

Antoine Santana

Status

Released

Release date

31/08/2005

Original language

French