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La Volière aux enfants

Directed by Olivier Guignard

Starring Marilou Berry, Quentin Grosset

A movie inspired by the life of Marie Pape-Carpantier.

In 1835, in order to cope with an ever increasing number of infants left alone during the day while their impoverished mothers had to go to work in factories, refuge rooms were put in place in some towns.