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The Death of a Lumberjack
The Death of a Lumberjack

The Death of a Lumberjack

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$250000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

4.7/10

Release Date

25 January 1973

Country

Canada

Cast

Carole Laure

Carole Laure

Marie Chapdeleine

Willie Lamothe

Willie Lamothe

Armand St. Amour

Daniel Pilon

Daniel Pilon

François Paradis

Pauline Julien

Pauline Julien

Charlotte Juillet

Marcel Sabourin

Marcel Sabourin

Ti-Noir L'Esperance

Denise Filiatrault

Denise Filiatrault

Blanche Bellefeuille

Jacques Gagnon

Jacques Gagnon

Roger Le Bel

Roger Le Bel

Paper employee union archivist

Ernest Guimond

Ernest Guimond

Wilfred

Jacques Bouchard

Jacques Bouchard

Yvonne Diabo

Yvonne Diabo

Marcel Fournier

Marcel Fournier

J. Léo Gagnon

J. Léo Gagnon

Bobby Hachey

Bobby Hachey

Eugene Lahache

Eugene Lahache

Gil LaRoche

Gil LaRoche

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