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Choreography may please dance mavens but score is rarely memorable and enchantment only intermittent.
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Aurore
Overview
After the sudden death of her mother, Aurore Gagnon is abused by her disturbed step-mother as her town remains in the silence followed by her death. Based on a true story.
Director and cast
- Luc Dionne Director
- Marianne Fortier as Aurore Gagnon (10 years)
- Serge Postigo as Télésphore Gagnon
- Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc as Marie-Anne Gagnon
- Yves Jacques as Curé Leduc
- Rémy Girard as Oréus Mailhot
- Stéphanie Lapointe as Marie-Anne Caron
- Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse as Marie-Jeanne Gagnon (12 ans)
- Alice Morel-Michaud as Aurore Gagnon (6 ans)
- Michel Forget as Nérée Caron
- Monique Spaziani as Arzélie Caron
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