Released:
1973-01-25

Overview:
This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that he was killed in a labor dispute.

Director:
Gilles Carle

Runtime:
1h 55min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Carole Laure
  as
  Marie Chapdeleine
• 
  Willie Lamothe
  as
  Armand St. Amour
• 
  Daniel Pilon
  as
  François Paradis
• 
  Pauline Julien
  as
  Charlotte Juillet
• 
  Marcel Sabourin
  as
  Ti-Noir L'Esperance