PLOT

This film tells the story of a Jewish mother who lives in Algiers with five dependent children, in circumstances of financial hardship. The woman, proud and full of vitality, has a husband who has remained in France due to the outbreak of the Second World War. To support the family, Titine improvises a thousand jobs: shirt maker, dress maker, waitress; in short, she does everything she can to assure that her children will not go hungry, in addition to having to fend off suitors of every type and social class. When the war ends, she returns to France and looks for her husband, but he does not want to go back to her. Only with the passing of the years does the woman obtain some small satisfaction, given to her by her oldest son, who has become well-known in the field of heart surgery. (Enrico Lancia)
Story and screenplay: Roger Hanin.