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Maria Chapdelaine (1985)

Maria Chapdelaine poster
Directed by
Gilles Carle
Country
France, Canada

How it feels

A young woman in early 20th century Quebec must choose between suitors and a life of hardship or comfort. It is a story about survival and duty in a harsh rural landscape.

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What happens

Maria Chapdelaine est une mini-série en co-production Québec et France en quatre parties de 55 minutes diffusée du 9 au 30 janvier 1985 à la Télévision de Radio-Canada et en France sur TF1. Elle fait suite au film homonyme de Gilles Carle sorti en 1983 et basée sur le roman Maria Chapdelaine du Français Louis Hémon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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