The real Aurore Gagnon was born in 1909 and died on 12 February 1920. She is buried in the Sainte-Philomène de Fortierville cemetery, a small town located a few miles from Québec City, Québec.
More than 9,000 girls aged 5 to 12 attended for the leading role. Among them, Marianne Fortier. At the final audition, 17 candidates gathered in the Radio-Canada building in Montreal. One by one, they rush into a room to meet director Luc Dionne and producer Denise Robert. One by one, they come out sobbing. Marianne finds herself very pitiful when she is finally summoned. "We have good news and bad news," she hears. The bad news is that you're going to have to work hard. The good news is that you got the part!"
Based on a real-life story from the 1920s and adapted a number of times for the theater and cinema.
'Luc Dionne and Alice Morel-Michaud''s film debut.