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Maria Chapdelaine (1934 film)

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Maria Chapdelaine
Directed byJulien Duvivier
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byClaude Ibéria
Music byJean Wiener
Production
company
Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
  • 4 December 1934 (1934-12-04)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Maria Chapdelaine is a 1934 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Madeleine Renaud, Jean Gabin and Jean-Pierre Aumont.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1913 novel of the same title by Louis Hémon set in rural Quebec about a young woman who becomes involved with a farmer, trapper and an immigrant drifter from Paris. The story was adapted again for a 1950 film directed by Marc Allégret.

Cast

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Production

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The film's sets were designed by art director Jacques Krauss. Location shooting took place in Canada around Lake Mistassini. Some post-production work was also done at the Neuilly Studios in Paris.

Reception

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The film was a box office success on its release, ending a run of financial failures for Duvivier.[2] The film was seen by 70,000 people in one week in Quebec.[3] It was awarded the French Grand Prix, and was screened at the Venice Film Festival where it was given a Special Mention. A review in The New York Times praised it as "stirring, full-bodied and tremulously beautiful".[4]

References

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  1. ^ McCann p.71-72
  2. ^ McCann p.72
  3. ^ Marshall 2001, p. 95.
  4. ^ McCann p.72

Works cited

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  • Marshall, Bill (2001). Quebec National Cinema. McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2103-8.

Bibliography

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  • McCann, Ben. Julien Duvivier. Oxford University Press, 2017.
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