The Death of a Lumberjack

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Carole Laure

Marie Chapdeleine

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Willie Lamothe

Armand St. Amour

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Daniel Pilon

François Paradis

Age : 83 | Popularity : 5%

Pauline Julien

Charlotte Juillet

Age : 70 | Popularity : 3%

Marcel Sabourin

Ti-Noir L'Esperance

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Denise Filiatrault

Blanche Bellefeuille

Age : 92 | Popularity : 7%

Jacques Gagnon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Roger Le Bel

Paper employee union archivist

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Gilles Carle
Writing	Writer	Gilles Carle Arthur Lamothe
Department	Role	Name

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