A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
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Carole Laure as Maria Chapdelaine
Nick Mancuso as François Paradis
Claude Rich as Curé Cordelier
Amulette Garneau as Laura Chapdelaine
Yoland Guérard as Samuel
Pierre Curzi as Eutrope Gagnon
Donald Lautrec as Lorenzo Surprenant
Gilbert Sicotte as Da'Bé Chapdelaine
Guy Thauvette as Esdras
Stéphane Quéry as Tit-Bé
Josée-Anne Fortin as Alma-Rose
Louis-Philippe Milot as Télesphore
Gilbert Comtois as Edwidge Légaré
Patrick Messe as Canayen
Claude Evrard as Caumartin
Paul Berval as Ephrem
Guy Godin as Minoune
Marie Tifo as Marie-Ange
Jean-Pierre Masson as Tit-Sèbe
Dominique Briand as Leroy
Claude Prégent as Arpenteur
Angèle Arsenault as Aubergiste
Jean Ricard as Notaire
Guy L'Ecuyer as Capitaine
Rolland Bédard as Bedeau
Raôul Duguay as Crieur
Michel Rivard as Médecin
Gilles Valiquette as Bûcheron déserteur
Michel Langevin as Pierre Caumartin
Cédric Noël as Edmond Caumartin
José Ledoux as Oncle Bouchard
Renée Girard as Tante Bouchard
Rock Demers as Homme au cheval
Yvon Sarrazin as Commis
Claude Trudel as Aide-cuisinier
Jean-Pierre Rhéaume as Aide-cuisinier
Georges Levchtouk as Bûcheron
Gilbert Moore as Abatteur de chevaux
Claude Gauthier as François Paradis (voice) (uncredited)
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