Remembering Maria Chapdelaine

A gentle, nostalgic documentary that quietly explores how a long-ago film production left its mark on a small community.

Directed by

Jean-Claude Labrecque

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Jean-Claude Labrecque, Julien Duvivier

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?

How it feels

Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Memory, art, identity, isolation

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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