Remembering Maria Chapdelaine

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Audience Score
80
Remembering Maria Chapdelaine
NR 53 minDocumentary
This feature documentary by JeanClaude Labrecque recounts the bold and astounding enterprise of French filmmaker Julien Duvivier who shot a film adaptation of Louis Hémons classic novel Maria Chapdelaine in Péribonka a village in Quebecs SaguenayLacSaintJean region in 1934 What was the impact of the original films production on the life of the community What memories remain What town secrets lie hidden in those memories