Maria Chapdelaine

Maria Chapdelaine

107 mins | Drama | April 27, 1983

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.

Maria Chapdelaine

107 mins | Drama | April 27, 1983

Maria Chapdelaine
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers TF1 Films Production, Société Radio-Canada, Astral Bellevue Pathé
Original title Maria Chapdelaine
Directors Gilles Carle
Writers Louis Hémon, Guy Fournier, Gilles Carle

Cast

Carole Laure

as Maria Chapdelaine

Nick Mancuso

as François Paradis

Claude Rich

as Curé Cordelier

Amulette Garneau

as Laura Chapdelaine

Yoland Guérard

as Samuel

Pierre Curzi

as Eutrope Gagnon

Donald Lautrec

as Lorenzo Surprenant

Gilbert Sicotte

as Da'Bé Chapdelaine

Guy Thauvette

as Esdras

Stéphane Quéry

as Tit-Bé

Josée-Anne Fortin

as Alma-Rose

Louis-Philippe Milot

as Télesphore

Gilbert Comtois

as Edwidge Légaré

Patrick Messe

as Canayen

Claude Evrard

as Caumartin

Paul Berval

as Ephrem

Guy Godin

as Minoune

Marie Tifo

as Marie-Ange

Jean-Pierre Masson

as Tit-Sèbe

Dominique Briand

as Leroy

Claude Prégent

as Arpenteur

Angèle Arsenault

as Aubergiste

Jean Ricard

as Notaire

Guy L'Ecuyer

as Capitaine

Rolland Bédard

as Bedeau

Raôul Duguay

as Crieur

Michel Rivard

as Médecin

Gilles Valiquette

as Bûcheron déserteur

Michel Langevin

as Pierre Caumartin

Cédric Noël

as Edmond Caumartin

José Ledoux

as Oncle Bouchard

Renée Girard

as Tante Bouchard

Rock Demers

as Homme au cheval

Yvon Sarrazin

as Commis

Claude Trudel

as Aide-cuisinier

Jean-Pierre Rhéaume

as Aide-cuisinier

Georges Levchtouk

as Bûcheron

Gilbert Moore

as Abatteur de chevaux

Claude Gauthier

as François Paradis (voice) (uncredited)