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.

Zita (1968)
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Joanna Shimkus
Annie

Katina Paxinou
Aunt Zita

Suzanne Flon
Yvette

Paul Crauchet
Dr. Bernard

Bernard Fresson
Boniface

Josep Maria Flotats
Simon

Roger Ibáñez
Spaniard

Odette Piquet
Day guard

Jacques Rispal
Sergeant