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Kamouraska (film)

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'Kamouraska' is a 1973 Qubcois film directed by Claude Jutra, based on the novel by Anne Hbert, who also worked as screenwriter. It won four Canadian Film Awards, for Best Actress (Genevive Bujold), Best Supporting Actress (Camille Bernard), Art Direction and a Special Award.

Synopsis



The film is set in rural Qubec in the 1830s.

lisabeth at the deathbed of her second husband, Jrme Rolland, is recounting her past, which is conveyed through a series of flashbacks. She was first married to Antoine, the brutish 'seigneur' of Kamouraska, and fell in love with a Loyalist American doctor, Georges Nelson. He murdered Antoine. At her trial for complicity in the killing, lisabeth is acquitted. She marries Jrme to save her honour.

Cast



*Genevive Bujold as lisabeth d'Aulnires

*Richard Jordan as Georges Nelson

*Philippe Lotard as Antoine Tassy

*Marcel Cuvelier as Jrme Rolland

*Huguette Oligny as the mother of lisabeth

*Camille Bernard as the mother of Antoine

*Janine Sutto as Tante

*Olivette Thibault as Tante

*Marie Fresnires as Tante

*Suzie Baillargeon as Aurlie

*Colette Cortois as Florida

*Gigi Duckett as Anne-Marie

*Marcel Marineau as Greffier, mdecin

*Len Watt as Le gouverneur

Production and reception



Described as a slow-moving but beautiful film shot by cinematographer Michel Brault, it cost nearly $1 million, making it the most expensive Canadian film to date. Poorly reviewed by critics (it was edited to accommodate theatre owners; a two-hour restored version shows more artistic coherence), it was a modest commercial success in Canada and was not a major release in France and the United States.

Henry Herx gave it a mixed review in his 'Family Guide to Movies on Video': "[T]he movie captures a vanished era, has excellent acting and the beauty of its settings[,] but its story of hot passion in a cold climate is heavily melodramatic."

Awards



It won four Canadian Film Awards, for Best Actress (Genevive Bujold), Best Supporting Actress (Camille Bernard), Art Direction, and a Special Award.

References




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