Little Fadette

Landry and Sylvinet are identical twins who become deeply upset when they are separated at the age of fourteen. Sylvain, the stronger of the two brothers, is sent to work on a neighboring farm because phylloxera has destroyed his father's vineyard, and he eventually recovers from the emotional shock, unlike Sylvinet, who remains in a state of constant lamentation and sullenness. Caillaud, the wealthy farmer who employs Landry, is impressed by his work and allows him to court his daughter, Madelon. Later, due to a misunderstanding between the twins, Sylvinet flees from home and vanishes into the forest. While Landry searches for him in the woods, he is assisted by a wild, untamed girl named Fadette, who lives there with her resentful grandmother and her brother. Despite the odds, Landry gradually grows fond of this dirty, wild child.