The Death of a Lumberjack (1973)

The Death of a Lumberjack (1973)

1973-01-25 Canada 115 Min. PG-13
4.7 7 votes

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 is Marie Chapdeleine
Marie Chapdeleine
Willie Lamothe is Armand St. Amour
Armand St. Amour
Daniel Pilon is François Paradis
François Paradis
Pauline Julien is Charlotte Juillet
Charlotte Juillet
Marcel Sabourin is Ti-Noir L'Esperance
Ti-Noir L'Esperance
Denise Filiatrault is Blanche Bellefeuille
Blanche Bellefeuille
Roger Le Bel is Paper employee union archivist
Paper employee union archivist