This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that he was killed in a labor dispute.
Released in 1973, The Death of a Lumberjack is a drama film from Cinévision (Canada). It was directed by Gilles Carle and written by Gilles Carle and Arthur Lamothe. The cast is led by Carole Laure, Willie Lamothe, Daniel Pilon, Pauline Julien and Marcel Sabourin. With a runtime of 1h 55m, the film averages 4.9/10 across 9 TMDB ratings.
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