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A little girl witnesses the death of her mother--expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The conniving nurse then marries the child's father, thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Arore is abused by her stepmother, who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe that his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.

A "refugee" arrives in Canada from war-torn Europe, but he is actually a communist spy intent on passing information to an uncle in Montreal. His mission is imperiled when agents of a foreign country are tasked with stopping him.

After returning home from war, an ill-tempered young soldier must deal with his sweetheart having married another man.

Ce film raconte le long calvaire de Madame Paradis, une veuve qui se fait héberger par une belle-fille avare et malhonnête. Le personnage de Madame Paradis se veut le modèle idéal de la mère traditionnelle avec les vertus exemplaires de générosité, de vaillance, de tolérance, de soumission et de résignation qui appellent le culte du passé et de la famille.