Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Jacques Bouchard, Yvonne Diabo, Denise Filiatrault, Marcel Fournier, J.-Léo Gagnon, Ernest Guimont, Pauline Julien, Gene Lahache
Original language
French
Production companies
PRODUCTIONS CARLE-LAMY
Distributors
FILMS MUTUELS
Funding
FAMOUS PLAYERS, LABORATOIRES DE FILM QUÉBEC, PRODUCTIONS MUTUELLES, SOCIÉTÉ DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DE L'INDUSTRIE CINÉMATOGRAPHIQUE CANADIENNE
Setting
Montreal
Crew
Screenplay
Gilles Carle, Arthur Lamothe
Producer
Pierre Lamy
Cinematography
Denis Gingras, René Verzier
Editing
Gilles Carle
Music
Willie Lamothe
Stills
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Festival History
- Cannes Film Festival 1973 generic
Titles
| Original title | LA MORT D'UN BÛCHERON | French |
| Alternate title | Death of a Lumberjack |
Versions & editions
| Original version (French) |
Full credits
| Director | Gilles Carle |
| Cast | Jacques Bouchard, Yvonne Diabo, Denise Filiatrault, Marcel Fournier, J.-Léo Gagnon, Ernest Guimont, Pauline Julien, Gene Lahache, Willie Lamothe, Gil Laroche, Carole Laure, Roger Lebel, Daniel Pilon, Marcel Sabourin |
| Screenplay | Gilles Carle, Arthur Lamothe |
| Producer | Pierre Lamy |
| Cinematography | Denis Gingras, René Verzier |
| Editing | Gilles Carle |
| Music | Willie Lamothe |
| Production design | Jocelyn Joly |
| Sound | Henri Blondeau, Austin Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi, Pierre Leroux, Marcel Pothier |
| Costumes | Michèle Cournoyer |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
