Remembering Maria Chapdelaine (2015)
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?
Released: Feb 21, 2015
Runtime: 53 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Jean-Claude Labrecque, Julien Duvivier
Crew: Jean-Claude Labrecque (Director), Steve Asselin (Director of Photography), Michel Giroux (Editor), Colette Loumède (Producer)