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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.

Top Cast

  • Joanna Shimkus

    Joanna Shimkus

    Annie

  • Katina Paxinou

    Katina Paxinou

    Aunt Zita

  • Suzanne Flon

    Suzanne Flon

    Yvette

  • Paul Crauchet

    Paul Crauchet

    Dr. Bernard

  • Bernard Fresson

    Bernard Fresson

    Boniface

  • Josep Maria Flotats

    Josep Maria Flotats

    Simon

  • Roger Ibáñez

    Roger Ibáñez

    Spaniard

  • Odette Piquet

    Odette Piquet

    Day guard

  • Jacques Rispal

    Jacques Rispal

    Sergeant

Overview

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.

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