Somewhat reminiscent of 'Mädchen in Uniform' (1931), the story is set in a private girl's school, populated almost exclusively by children from broken homes. Among the few students who can claim family stability is Micheline Presle, but even her happiness is threatened when her lawyer father Andre Luguet inaugurates an affair with stage actress Jacqueline Debulac. With the help of Debulac's daughter Louisa Carletti, Presle is able to break up her father's romance and deliver him into the open arms of her mother Marcelle Chantal.
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Marcelle Chantal
Docteur Marthe Presle
Jacqueline Delubac
Pola d'Ivry, la mère de Margot
André Luguet
Maître Jacques Presle
Micheline Presle
Jacqueline Presle
Louise Carletti
Margot Montbleu
Ariane Murator
Barbara Shaw
La belle-mère d'Amélie
Claude Lehmann
Gaston Jacquet
Le père d'Amélie
Georges Jamin
Le beau-père d'Amélie
Merly
Marcel Lupovici
Morel
Pierre Nay
Christiane Ribes
La mère d'Amélie
Noëlle Norman
Une élève de la pension
