The read
It runs a compact 53m.
Synopsis
This feature documentary by Jean-Claude Labrecque recounts the bold and astounding enterprise of French filmmaker Julien Duvivier, who shot a film adaptation of Louis Hémon’s classic novel Maria Chapdelaine in Péribonka, a village in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, in 1934. What was the impact of the original film’s production on the life of the community? What memories remain? What town secrets lie hidden in those memories?
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Claude LabrecqueDirector
Cast
- Jean-Claude LabrecqueSelf
- Julien DuvivierSelf (archive footage)