(Past Event) Champlain Film Festival: Maria Chapdelaine (with virtual filmmaker discussion)

Directed by Sébastien Pilote. 158 minutes (followed by discussion). Not Rated. In French with English subtitles.

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 real world and will suddenly have to choose her future as a woman.

Adapted from Louis Hémon’s classic 1913 novel.