Maria Chapdelaine

1934
1h 17m

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A young woman living with her family on the frontier in Quebec, Canada, endures the hardships of isolation and climate, and chooses between three suitors: a trapper, a farmer, and an immigra... Read allA young woman living with her family on the frontier in Quebec, Canada, endures the hardships of isolation and climate, and chooses between three suitors: a trapper, a farmer, and an immigrant from Paris.A young woman living with her family on the frontier in Quebec, Canada, endures the hardships of isolation and climate, and chooses between three suitors: a trapper, a farmer, and an immigrant from Paris.

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6.5/10

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Madeleine Renaud

Maria Chapdelaine
(as Madeleine Renaud de la Comédie Française)

Suzanne Desprès

Laura Chapdelaine

Gaby Triquet

Alma-Rose Chapdelaine

Maximilienne

Azelma Larouche
(as Maximilienne Max)

Jean Gabin

François Paradis

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Lorenzo Surprenant

André Bacqué

Samuel Chapdelaine
(as André Bacqué de la Comédie Française)

Alexandre Rignault

Eutrope Gagnon

Daniel Mendaille

Le curé

Robert Le Vigan

Tit-Sèbe, le rebouteux

Thomy Bourdelle

Esdras Chapdelaine

Edmond Van Daële

Le docteur

Émile Genevois

Tit-Bé Chapdelaine

Fred Barry

Nazaire Larouche

Pierre Laurel

Ephrem Surprenant

Gustave Hamilton

Le vieux français
(as Hamilton)

Julien Clément

Le marchand Bédard

Jacques Langevin

Edwige Légaré

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- Julien Duvivier
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Trivia
There are two cast lists in the title credits. The first one only lists the 6 main players as follows: Madeleine Renaud (as Madeleine Renaud Sociétaire de la Comédie Française), Jean Gabin, Jean-Pierre Aumont, André Bacqué (as André Bacqué Sociétaire de la Comédie Française), Alexandre Rignault and Suzanne Desprès. Then a full cast list details all female players along with their respective character names, followed by the male cast (also with the names of their characters).

Goofs
Maria can be seen picking blueberries in a tree.

Connections
Referenced in Sur les traces de Maria Chapdelaine (2015)

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6/10

Evoking a lifestyle from long ago...

The movie seems like an attempt to represent Quebec for a French audience, with an emphasis on what's unusual about the province's language, landscape, religious and working practices, etc. There's a lot of music and singing as well (including "Alouette" and other familiar songs of the times), with ultimately only a wisp of a story.

The title character, Maria Chapdelaine, is in love with François Paradis, and has to deal with his absence as he leaves to earn his livelihood as a fur trapper over the winter months. I won't say more about the story, because I would spoil the few surprises that it has to offer.

Unless you have a fascination for rural life in Quebec in the 1930s, you will find the movie slow going.