The Death of a Lumberjack
Released: January 25, 1973Runtime: 115 minLanguage: FR
This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that he was killed in a labor dispute.
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Carole Laure
as Marie Chapdeleine
Willie Lamothe
as Armand St. Amour
Daniel Pilon
as François Paradis
Pauline Julien
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Marcel Sabourin
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J Leo Gagnon
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Roger Lebel
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Ernest Guimond
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Jacques Gagnon
Gil Laroche
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