Maria Chapdelaine

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Maria Chapdelaine

2021,

Drama

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11 Reviews

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64%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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11 Reviews

64%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

In 1910, Maria Chapdelaine, a girl of seventeen, lives with her family on the banks of the Péribonka River north of Lac Saint-Jean. The Chapdelaines work tirelessly to push back the limits of the forest. In a home where even physical exhaustion cannot diminish the warmth of family life, Maria, strong and full of hope, finds herself faced with major dilemmas. François Paradis, a former neighbor she has loved since childhood, who has become a free-spirited fur trapper and a guide for strangers, promises to return in the spring to marry her. But when the spring is overdue, two suitors come forward. Lorenzo Surprenant, who works in the factories of Massachusetts, offers Maria a comfortable existence in an American city, and Eutrope Gagnon, their valiant neighbor, asks her to clear with him the land he has taken near the Chapdelaines'. Thrust into the adult world; Maria will suddenly be forced to decide of her future as a woman.

Kate Taylor

Globe and Mail

Sep 12, 2021

3/4

Today's YA generation is unlikely to appreciate the monosyllabic performances and stately pace, but Pilote delivers a beautiful film in the tradition of the Quebec canon.

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Sep 12, 2021

A well-produced episodic tale whose incidents and personalities remain too modest to sustain nearly three hours' illustration, given a lack of narrative momentum and one major casting shortfall.

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Alessandra Rangel

InSession Film

Mar 8, 2023

C

Maria Chapdelaine presented a boring story that stays short on its promise of romantic adventures (three suitors! The opportunities missed!) and dramatic encounters.

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Jordi Batlle Caminal

Fotogramas

Aug 11, 2022

4/5

With a systematically languid, parsimonious rhythm, sometimes so contemplative that it makes the last stretch wearisome, but yet, it never nullifies the power of its visual strength and composition...

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Paula Arantzazu Ruiz

Cinemanía (Spain)

Aug 2, 2022

3.5/5

The emotional drama, always behind the fierce living conditions, emerges from time to time, like flashes of beauty, a reflection of determination and resistance. [Full review in Spanish]

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William Schwartz

Book & Film Globe

Dec 27, 2021

[Maria Chapdelaine] dedicates so much screen time to the greater Canadian landscape. In the early 20th century, nature was still a very dangerous place.

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Sébastien Pilote

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Sara Montpetit

Maria Chapdelaine

Sébastien Ricard

Samuel Chapdelaine

Hélène Florent

Laura Chapdelaine

Antoine Olivier Pilon

Eutrope Gagnon

Émile Schneider

François Paradis

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In 1910, Maria Chapdelaine, a girl of seventeen, lives with her family on the banks of the Péribonka River north of Lac Saint-Jean. The Chapdelaines work tirelessly to push back the limits of the forest. In a home where even physical exhaustion cannot diminish the warmth of family life, Maria, strong and full of hope, finds herself faced with major dilemmas. François Paradis, a former neighbor she has loved since childhood, who has become a free-spirited fur trapper and a guide for strangers, promises to return in the spring to marry her. But when the spring is overdue, two suitors come forward. Lorenzo Surprenant, who works in the factories of Massachusetts, offers Maria a comfortable existence in an American city, and Eutrope Gagnon, their valiant neighbor, asks her to clear with him the land he has taken near the Chapdelaines'. Thrust into the adult world; Maria will suddenly be forced to decide of her future as a woman.

Director: Sébastien Pilote
Producer: Pierre Even, Sylvain Proulx
Screenwriter: Sébastien Pilote
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French

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