Maria Chapdelaine (1934 film)

Maria Chapdelaine is a 1934 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Madeleine Renaud, Jean Gabin and Jean-Pierre Aumont.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1913 novel of the same title by Louis Hémon set in rural Quebec about a young woman who becomes involved with a farmer, trapper and an immigrant drifter from Paris. The story was adapted again for a 1950 film directed by Marc Allégret.

Maria Chapdelaine
Directed byJulien Duvivier
Written by
Produced by
  • Léon Beytout
  • Alex Nalpas
  • René Pignières
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byClaude Ibéria
Music byJean Wiener
Production
company
Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
4 December 1934
Running time
77 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Production

The film's sets were designed by art director Jacques Krauss. Location shooting took place in Canada around Lake Mistassini. Some post-production work was also done at the Neuilly Studios in Paris.

Reception

The film was a box office success on its release, ending a run of financial failures for Duvivier.[2] It was awarded the French Grand Prix, and was screened at the Venice Film Festival where it was given a Special Mention. A review in the New York Times praised it as "stirring, full-bodied and tremulously beautiful".[3]

Cast

References
  1. McCann p.71-72
  2. McCann p.72
  3. McCann p.72

Bibliography
  • McCann, Ben. Julien Duvivier. Oxford University Press, 2017.
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