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The Death of a Lumberjack

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Wikipedia article




'The Death of a Lumberjack' is a 1973 Canadian drama film directed 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.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 It won Canadian Film Awards for Supporting Actor (Lamothe) and Musical Score.

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