(0 votes, average: 0.00/10)- 国家/地区: 法国
- 类型: 剧情, 短片
- 上映日期: 1909-07-30
- 导演: N/A
- 编剧: N/A
- 语言: French
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- 片长: 分钟
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- 又名: A Mother's Sorrow (法国) , A Mother's Sorrow
- 剧情简介: A young peasant is attending to his duties around the barn yard, when his sweetheart appears upon the scene, and being desperately in love with the maiden, the youth joyfully presents her to his old mother as his future wife. The old lady gives her consent and showers blessings upon the happy young people, never dreaming, however, that the step means the turning point in her son's life, as well as her own ruin. The young lovers meet many times, but the girl being an impulsive creature she has numerous quarrels with her admirer which causes him no end of trouble. She even demands money of him, and he, too weak to resist her appeals, goes and takes the last cent from his old mother to give to the thankless adventuress. One day he comes upon her in the company of another man, who is making love to her and in a terrible rage he denounces the faithless Miss, and swears vengeance upon his rival. The girl coolly informs him that if he wishes to hold her love, he must present her with a large amount of money, otherwise she will leave him and marry the other man who is very rich. Bound that he will have her at any cost the lovelorn youth makes out a note stating, "I authorize my son to sell my property." Going then to his old mother he forces her to place her signature upon the paper. The old woman tries to reason with the boy, but he threatens suicide unless she complies with his wishes, so the poor old woman yields and puts her name on the slip. The cruel son then goes to a neighbor and is successful in disposing of the farm, receiving a large sum of money for same. Going to his lady love be presents her with the ill-gotten coin, which satisfies the avaricious creature who promises to become his wife. The purchaser of the old homestead comes one day and turns the helpless old woman out of her old home. Broken hearted she takes her few little trinkets and starts out to face the world alone and friendless. As she is trudging along the road footsore and weary, her cowardly son is seen with his selfish companion enjoying a sail on the river. The boat makes a landing near the spot where the old woman has just fallen exhausted and hungry. As the couple come up, the young man recognizes his mother, and suddenly realizing the extent of his folly, he becomes desperately remorseful, and repudiates the woman who has been the cause of all the, trouble, vowing never to see her again. It is too late to repair the terrible injury, already done, and the sorrowful mother dies in her repentant son's arms.
- IMDB:tt4257618
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