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The Death of a Lumberjack (1973) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1973 · 115 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Gilles Carle
- Starring
- Daniel Pilon, Marcel Sabourin, Carole Laure, Pauline Julien, Denise Filiatrault, Marcel Fournier
This meditative French‑Canadian drama follows Marie Chapdelaine, raised in a remote Quebec area and never having met her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, works as a topless dancer, and, with the help of the man's former lover, tracks down his lumber camp, only to learn he was killed in a labor dispute.
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