Maria Chapdelaine (2021 film)

Maria Chapdelaine
	Film poster
Directed by	Sébastien Pilote
Produced by	Pierre Even; Sylvain Proulx
Written by	Sébastien Pilote
Based on	Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon
Starring	Sara Montpetit; Émile Schneider; Antoine Olivier Pilon; Robert Naylor
Music by	Philippe Brault
Cinematography	Michel La Veaux
Edited by	Richard Comeau
Production; company	Item 7; Multipix Management
Distributed by	MK2 Mile End
Release date	2021;
Running time	158 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Maria Chapdelaine is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sébastien Pilote and scheduled for release in 2021. An adaptation of Louis Hémon's 1913 novel Maria Chapdelaine, the film stars Sara Montpetit as the titular Maria Chapdelaine, a young woman in rural Péribonka, Quebec, who is torn between three suitors: François Paradis (Émile Schneider), a coureur de bois; Eutrope Gagnon (Antoine Olivier Pilon), a local farmer; and Lorenzo Surprenant (Robert Naylor), a wealthy man who offers the promise of life in the United States.[1]

The cast also includes Sébastien Ricard and Hélène Florent as Maria's parents Samuel and Laura Chapdelaine, as well as Gilbert Sicotte, Gabriel Arcand, Danny Gilmore, Martin Dubreuil, Arno Lemay, Charlotte St-Martin, Thomas Haché, Henri Picard and Xavier Rivard-Désy.

Production commenced in February 2020 in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.[2] It was shut down in March by the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, but resumed in August.[3]

The film was originally slated for theatrical release on December 18, 2020 in Canada, but the release has been postponed to 2021.[4]

Synopsis

Maria Chapdelaine is a young sixteen-year-old girl who lives with her family on the shores of the Peribonka River in rural Quebec in the 1910s. The Chapdelaine family works tirelessly to push the limits of the forest. Where the harshness of everyday life meets the delicacy of a warm family life, the strong and hopeful Maria finds herself faced with daunting dilemmas. Between tradition, territory, family and love, young Maria is pushed into the adult world and will suddenly have to choose her future as a woman.

References

Marie-Josée Roy, "Sébastien Pilote a trouvé sa Maria Chapdelaine". Le Journal de Montréal, February 17, 2020.
Guillaume Roy, "Maria Chapdelaine de Sébastien Pilote: 7 millions $, 160 scènes et 33 jours de tournage". Le Quotidien, March 9, 2020.
Maxime Demers, "Le tournage de Maria Chapdelaine a repris". Le Journal de Montréal, August 20, 2020.
Duchesne, Andre (20 November 2020). "La sortie de Maria Chapdelaine repoussée" [The exit of Maria Chapdelaine postponed]. La Presse (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2020.

External links

Maria Chapdelaine at IMDb

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[roy-1] Marie-Josée Roy, "Sébastien Pilote a trouvé sa Maria Chapdelaine". Le Journal de Montréal, February 17, 2020.

[2] Guillaume Roy, "Maria Chapdelaine de Sébastien Pilote: 7 millions $, 160 scènes et 33 jours de tournage". Le Quotidien, March 9, 2020.

[3] Maxime Demers, "Le tournage de Maria Chapdelaine a repris". Le Journal de Montréal, August 20, 2020.

[lapresse-4] Duchesne, Andre (20 November 2020). "La sortie de Maria Chapdelaine repoussée" [The exit of Maria Chapdelaine postponed]. La Presse (in French). Retrieved 13 December 2020.