The Death of a Lumberjack

    The Death of a Lumberjack
    1973

    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.

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    Cast

    • Carole LaureMarie Chapdeleine
    • Willie LamotheArmand St. Amour
    • Daniel PilonFrançois Paradis
    • Pauline JulienCharlotte Juillet
    • Marcel SabourinTi-Noir L'Esperance
    • Denise FiliatraultBlanche Bellefeuille
    • Jacques Gagnon
    • Roger Le BelPaper employee union archivist
    • Ernest GuimondWilfred
    • Jacques Bouchard

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