| The Death of a Lumberjack | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| French | La Mort d'un bûcheron |
| Directed by | Gilles Carle |
| Written by | Gilles Carle Arthur Lamothe |
| Produced by | Pierre David Pierre Lamy |
| Starring | Carole Laure |
| Cinematography | René Verzier |
| Edited by | Gilles Carle |
| Release date |
|
| Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The Death of a Lumberjack (French: La Mort d'un bûcheron) is a 1973 Canadian drama film directed and co-written by Gilles Carle. The film was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
A young woman (Carole Laure) from rural Quebec comes to Montreal to find out the whereabouts of her father. She takes a job as a topless cowgirl singer in a nightclub owned by Armand (Willie Lamothe). Through her father's mistress, Blanche (Denise Filiatrault), she discovers he was working in a lumberjack camp and travels with Armand and Blanche to find him; however, it turns out he has been murdered by the camp's owners.
Reception
The Death of a Lumberjack is one of Carle's best-known films in Quebec, although it's virtually unknown in the rest of Canada. The film was seen by 188,372 people in France. It won Canadian Film Awards for Supporting Actor (Lamothe) and Musical Score.
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
References
- "Festival de Cannes: The Death of a Lumberjack". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- https://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://www.onf.ca/selection/gilles-carle/&prev=search Retrieved 14/15 Oct.
- Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film, ed. Wyndham Wise, University of Toronto Press, 2001, pp. 36-37
- Marshall 2001, p. 85.
Works cited
- Marshall, Bill (2001). Quebec National Cinema. McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2103-8.
External links
| Films directed by Gilles Carle | |
|---|---|
|
 | This article related to a Canadian film of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
 | This 1970s drama film–related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |