Kamouraska

Kamouraska

175 mins | Drama, History | July 18, 1973

A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love.

Kamouraska

175 mins | Drama, History | July 18, 1973

Kamouraska
A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), France Cinéma Productions, Les Productions Carle-Lamy
Original title Kamouraska
Directors Claude Jutra
Writers Anne Hébert, Claude Jutra

Cast

Geneviève Bujold

as Élisabeth

Richard Jordan

as Georges Nelson

Marcel Cuvelier

as Jérôme

Suzie Baillargeon

as Aurélie

Huguette Oligny

as La mère d'Élisabeth

Philippe Léotard

as Antoine

Janine Sutto

as Tante

Camille Bernard

as La mère d'Antoine

Colette Cortois

as Florida

Gigi Duckett

as Anne-Marie

Marcel Marineau

as Greffier, médecin

Len Watt

as Le gouverneur

Rita Lafontaine

as Une servante

André Cailloux

as Ernest

Émile Genest

as Aubergiste

Françoise Berd

as Sa femme

Gilles Latulippe

as Clermont

Denise Proulx

as Victoire

Serge L'Italien

as Assistant roux

Jean-Louis Paris

as Paul Hus

Alexandre Gauvreau

as Le prêtre

Marie-Thérèse Beaulieu

as Dame au thé

Monique Bélisle

as La fille qui rit

Monique Champagne

as L'hotesse à St-Ours

Anne-Marie Ducharme

as Dame au thé

Yvon Leroux

as Policier

Marthe Nadeau

as Dame du thé

Véronique Vilbert

as Horse Marine