Sowing the Wind (French: Graine au vent) is a 1944 French drama film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Jacques Dumesnil, Marcelle Géniat and Lise Delamare. It is an adaptation of the 1925 novel of the same title by Lucie Delarue-Mardrus The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert-Jules Garnier.
Synopsis
When his wife dies giving birth to a son, a man rejects the child and he is sent away. However, the boy's elder sister takes the lead in taking care of the infant and eventually reconciles her father to him.
Cast
Jacques Dumesnil as Bruno
Marcelle Géniat
Lise Delamare as Fernande
Carlettina as Alexandra
Gisèle Casadesus as Germaine
Paul Villé
Michel de Bonnay
Jean Samson
Anne Vandène
Henri Bargin
Yvonne Carletti
Maurice Dorléac
Maurice Dumont
Paul Faivre
Ritou Lancyle
Albert Malbert
Léon Mazeau
Christine Stahl
Odette Talazac as La nourrice
See also
Sowing the Wind a 1929 silent film based on the same novel
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.