La mort d'un bûcheron (1973)

A young girl that came to Montréal to find her dad is exploited by a bar owner.

Director:

Gilles Carle

Writers:

Gilles Carle, Arthur Lamothe

Stars:

Carole Laure, Willie Lamothe, Daniel Pilon

1 nomination.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Carole Laure	...	Marie Chapdeleine
Willie Lamothe	...	Armand St. Amour
Daniel Pilon	...	François Paradis
Pauline Julien	...	Charlotte Juillet
Marcel Sabourin	...	Ti-Noir L'Esperance
J. Léo Gagnon
Roger Lebel
Ernest Guimond
Jacques Gagnon
Gil Laroche
Jacques Bouchard
Yvonne Diabo
Eugene Lahache
Marcel Fournier
Denise Filiatrault	...	Blanche Bellefeuille

Storyline

Marie Chapdelaine leaves her rural Quebec village and travels to Montreal to find her estranged lumberjack father who disappeared seven years ago. She meets Armand St-Amour, a former friend of her father and the owner of a country-and-western bar called the Rodeo Club. Armand takes the opportunity to exploit the naive and innocent young girl and tells her that if she works for him as a topless singer he will put her in touch with her father's mistress who will know where he is. She meets Francois Paradis, a journalist, and becomes romantically involved with him. He suggests to her that he has contacts in the logging industry that could have a lead on her father's whereabouts but first he encourages her to quit her job at the bar and come to work for him. She agrees, and Francois gets her a job as a model and forces her to pose nude for a magazine. Disillusioned, Marie loses touch with what she really came to the city to do until a chance encounter may finally lead her to the truth...

---

Plot Keywords:

lumberjack | female nudity | stripper

---

Genres:

Drama

---

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

25 January 1973 (Canada)

Also Known As:

The Death of a Lumberjack

Filming Locations:

Cinévision, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Famous Players Limited, Les Cinémas Unis Ltée

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of The Naked Heart (1950)

User Reviews