Remembering Maria Chapdelaine

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Audience Score
90
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
NR 53 minDocumentary
This feature documentary by Jean-Claude Labrecque recounts the bold and astounding enterprise of French filmmaker Julien Duvivier, who shot a film adaptation of Louis Hémon’s classic novel Maria Chapdelaine in Péribonka, a village in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, in 1934. What was the impact of the original film’s production on the life of the community? What memories remain? What town secrets lie hidden in those memories?
StarringJean-Claude LabrecqueJulien Duvivier
DirectorJean-Claude Labrecque

Movie Details

Original Language:French
Production Companies:ONF | NFB
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine on the Web:Official Website