Plot
A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
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Cast
Carole Laure
Maria Chapdelaine
Nick Mancuso
François Paradis
Claude Rich
Curé Cordelier
Amulette Garneau
Laura Chapdelaine
Yoland Guérard
Samuel
Pierre Curzi
Eutrope Gagnon
Donald Lautrec
Lorenzo Surprenant
Gilbert Sicotte
Da'Bé Chapdelaine
Guy Thauvette
Esdras
Stéphane Quéry
Tit-Bé
Josée-Anne Fortin
Alma-Rose
Louis-Philippe Milot
Télesphore
Gilbert Comtois
Edwidge Légaré
Patrick Messe
Canayen
Claude Evrard
Caumartin
Paul Berval
Ephrem
Guy Godin
Minoune
Marie Tifo
Marie-Ange
Jean-Pierre Masson
Tit-Sèbe
Dominique Briand
Leroy
Claude Prégent
Arpenteur
Angèle Arsenault
Aubergiste
Jean Ricard
Notaire
Guy L'Écuyer
Capitaine
Rolland Bédard
Bedeau
Raôul Duguay
Crieur
Michel Rivard
Médecin
Gilles Valiquette
Bûcheron déserteur
Michel Langevin
Pierre Caumartin
Cédric Noël
Edmond Caumartin
José Ledoux
Oncle Bouchard
Renée Girard
Tante Bouchard
Rock Demers
Homme au cheval
Yvon Sarrazin
Commis
Claude Trudel
Aide-cuisinier
Jean-Pierre Rhéaume
Aide-cuisinier
Georges Levchtouk
Bûcheron
Gilbert Moore
Abatteur de chevaux
Claude Gauthier
François Paradis (voice) (uncredited)
