Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
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Released: Feb 21, 2015
Runtime: 0h 53m
Rating: ⭐ 9 / 10
Documentary
Overview
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?
Top Billed Cast
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Self
Julien Duvivier
Self (archive footage)
