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...
Top Cast
CA
Carole LaureMaria Chapdelaine
NI
Nick MancusoFrançois Paradis
CL
Claude RichCuré Cordelier
AM
Amulette GarneauLaura Chapdelaine
YO
Yoland GuérardSamuel
PI
Pierre CurziEutrope Gagnon
DO
Donald LautrecLorenzo Surprenant
GI
Gilbert SicotteDa'Bé Chapdelaine
GU
Guy ThauvetteEsdras
ST
Stéphane QuéryTit-Bé
JO
Josée-Anne FortinAlma-Rose
LO
Louis-Philippe MilotTélesphore
GI
Gilbert ComtoisEdwidge Légaré
PA
Patrick MesseCanayen
CL
Claude EvrardCaumartin
PA
Paul BervalEphrem
GU
Guy GodinMinoune
MA
Marie TifoMarie-Ange
JE
Jean-Pierre MassonTit-Sèbe
DO
Dominique BriandLeroy
CL
Claude PrégentArpenteur
AN
Angèle ArsenaultAubergiste
JE
Jean RicardNotaire
GU
Guy L'EcuyerCapitaine
RO
Rolland BédardBedeau
RA
Raôul DuguayCrieur
MI
Michel RivardMédecin
GI
Gilles ValiquetteBûcheron déserteur
MI
Michel LangevinPierre Caumartin
CÉ
Cédric NoëlEdmond Caumartin
JO
José LedouxOncle Bouchard
RE
Renée GirardTante Bouchard
RO
Rock DemersHomme au cheval
YV
Yvon SarrazinCommis
CL
Claude TrudelAide-cuisinier
JE
Jean-Pierre RhéaumeAide-cuisinier
GE
Georges LevchtoukBûcheron
GI
Gilbert MooreAbatteur de chevaux
CL
Claude GauthierFrançois Paradis (voice) (uncredited)