Children of Love

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Children of Love
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Directed by Léonide Moguy
Written byLéonide Moguy
Marise Querlin
Produced by Ayres d'Aguiar
Starring Etchika Choureau
Joëlle Bernard
Lise Bourdin
Cinematography Robert Juillard
Edited by Louisette Hautecoeur
Music by Joseph Kosma
Production
company
Gray-Film
Distributed by Cocinor
Release date
  • 10 November 1953 (1953-11-10)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French
Box office$27.1 million [1]

Children of Love (French: Les enfants de l'amour) is a 1953 French drama film directed by Léonide Moguy and starring Etchika Choureau, Joëlle Bernard and Lise Bourdin. [2] [3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini.

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Synopsis

In a maternity hospital, the social worker Hélène Lambert and Doctor Baurain attempt to help a group of new, single mothers cope with the dilemmas of raising their children or giving them up for adoption.

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References

  1. "Les Enfants de l\'amour (1953) - JPBox-Office".
  2. Oscherwitz & Higgins p.130
  3. "ENFANTS DE L'AMOUR, Les (Children of Love)". Monthly Film Bulletin. 21 (240). London: 115. 1 January 1954. ProQuest   1305825187.

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