Mother Love
Directed by	Jean Boyer
Written by	Jean Boyer
Based on	Mother Love by André Birabeau
Produced by	Robert Aisner
Starring	Michel Simon Arletty Gabrielle Dorziat
Cinematography	Victor Arménise
Edited by	André Versein
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production company	Héraut Film
Distributed by	Compagnie Universelle Cinématographique
Release date	3 November 1938 (1938-11-03)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Mother Love (French: La chaleur du sein) is a 1938 French comedy drama film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Michel Simon, Arletty and Gabrielle Dorziat.^[1] It was based on a play by André Birabeau.

It was shot at Pathe's Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

The eighteen-year-old son of a celebrated, widowed archaeologist attempts to commit suicide while his father is away on an expedition in Egypt due to being spurned by a cabaret performer. His three prospective stepmothers all gather at his bedside, each demonstrating a possessive attitude.

• Michel Simon as Michel Quercy
• Arletty as Bernadette Mezin
• Gabrielle Dorziat as Adrienne
• Pierre Larquey as Raoul Dalaciaud - le patron de Gilbert
• Jean Pâqui as Gilbert Quercy
• Jeanne Lion as Mathilde
• Jane Loury as Augustine
• Monique Joyce as Joan Bouvreuil
• Gisèle Préville as La jeune fille
• Andrée Prévot as La jolie passagère
• Henri Vilbert as Le barman du paquebot
• François Périer as Batilly
• Marguerite Moreno as L'Américaine sur le paquebot

• Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• Mother Love at IMDb

This article related to a French film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e