The Death of a Lumberjack (1973)

4.9/10 • 115 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Carole Laure

Marie Chapdeleine

Willie Lamothe

Armand St. Amour

Daniel Pilon

François Paradis

Pauline Julien

Charlotte Juillet

Marcel Sabourin

Ti-Noir L'Esperance

Denise Filiatrault

Blanche Bellefeuille

Jacques Gagnon

Roger Le Bel

Paper employee union archivist

Ernest Guimond

Wilfred

J. Léo Gagnon

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