Product Details

• Actors: Carole Laure, Nick Mancuso, Claude Rich, Donald Lautrec, Amulette Garneau
• Directors: Gilles Carle
• Format: NTSC, Color, Dolby, HiFi Sound, Subtitled
• Language: French, English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: August 16, 1989
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6301399013
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #289,978 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent frontier film, in Quebec, August 2, 2010

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Robert J. Crawford (Balmette Talloires, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maria Chapdelaine (English Subtitles) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If you want to know what it was like to homestead in Quebec in the early 20C, this is an excellent film. carole Laure is an extraordinary beauty on a farm, watching her mother age prematurely from backbreaking work and dreaming of something different for herself. At a crossroad in life, she must choose from suitors: one is a neighbor, devoted to her but expecting them to live like their parents; the other is a kind of adventurer, who promises sensuality and an unsettled life. Her choice, and what ensues, is unexpected and depressingly realistic.

Recommended. This is a beautiful indie film that should be offered on dvd.