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Maria Chapdelaine (1983)
Directed by Gilles Carle
Overview
A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
Length 107 minutes
Actors
Carole Laure | Nick Mancuso | Claude Rich | Amulette Garneau | Yoland Guérard | Pierre Curzi | Donald Lautrec | Gilbert Sicotte | Guy Thauvette | Stéphane Quéry | Josée-Anne Fortin | Louis-Philippe Milot | Gilbert Comptois | Patrick Messe | Claude Évrard | Paul Berval | Guy Godin | Marie Tifo | Jean-Pierre Masson | Dominique Briand | Claude Prégent | Angèle Arsenault | Jean Ricard | Guy L'Ecuyer | Rolland Bédard | Raoul Duguay | Michel Rivard | Gilles Valiquette | Michel Langevin | Cédric Noël | José Ledoux | Renée Girard | Rock Demers | Yvon Sarrazin | Claude Trudel | Jean-Pierre Rhéaume | Georges Levchtouk | Gilbert Moore | Claude Gauthier