Maria Chapdelaine (2021, Canada)
By Sébastien Pilote with Sara Montpetit, Sébastien Ricard and Hélène Florent
158 minutes (in French with English subtitles)
Overview: 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.
6:45PM – 8:00 PM
SPECIAL POST-SCREENING EVENT: MEET THE DIRECTOR SÉBASTIEN PILOTE
Directly following the projection, we will welcome movie director Sébastien Pilote onto the screen for a virtual conversation about the making of this beautiful film. We’ll hear his thoughts about bring this classic work of literature to the big screen and the challenges he faced in doing so. Special thanks to our friends at the Délégation de Québec à Boston for making this happen!