In a store, a rich customer steals a valuable item; she is arrested without scandal. In the street passes sadly a poor mother followed by her little boys in rags, barefoot and shivering; her heart is torn and, unable to relieve their ...See moreIn a store, a rich customer steals a valuable item; she is arrested without scandal. In the street passes sadly a poor mother followed by her little boys in rags, barefoot and shivering; her heart is torn and, unable to relieve their suffering, she steals, because she has no money. We are at the commissioner's house and as one might expect, the treatment of the two women is very different. While the elegant thief is let free in exchange for a few 100 franc notes, the poor mother is subjected to the most humiliating vexations. Written by
Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé
See less