Plot Summary
Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mother and her aunt (both played by first-class actresses Suzanne Flon and Katina Paxinou). The auntie is dying, and for the first time in her life, Annie has to cope with death. One night, she finds it too hard to bear, and leaving home where the old woman is suffering, she begins to hang around in Paris. She will meet people, and, from dusk to dawn, she will learn to leave her childhood behind and to grow into a woman.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Tante Zita
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- fr
Where to watch free (US)
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Cast
Joanna Shimkus
Annie
Katina Paxinou
Aunt Zita
Suzanne Flon
Yvette
Paul Crauchet
Dr. Bernard
Bernard Fresson
Boniface
Josep Maria Flotats
Simon
Roger Ibáñez
Spaniard
Odette Piquet
Day guard
Jacques Rispal
Sergeant
Paul Pavel
Med Hondo
James
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
Manuel
Claude Lévèque
Bernard Klein
Corinne Armand
Solange Certain
Night guard
Jean Darie
Lydie Murguet
Marie Pascale Daveau
Paul Crauchet
Production Companies
Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie
