Movie Description

Sur les traces de Maria Chapdelaine

(2015)

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?

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Original TitleSur les traces de Maria Chapdelaine

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2015-02-21

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 53m

Homepagehttps://www.onf.ca/film/remembering_maria_chapdelaine/

Production CompaniesONF | NFB

Genres

  • Documentary