A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
as Maria Chapdelaine
as François Paradis
as Curé Cordelier
as Laura Chapdelaine
as Samuel
as Eutrope Gagnon
as Lorenzo Surprenant
as Da'Bé Chapdelaine
as Esdras
as Tit-Bé
as Alma-Rose
as Télesphore
as Edwidge Légaré
as Canayen
as Caumartin
as Ephrem
as Minoune
as Marie-Ange
as Tit-Sèbe
as Leroy
as Arpenteur
as Aubergiste
as Notaire
as Capitaine
as Bedeau
as Crieur
as Médecin
as Bûcheron déserteur
as Pierre Caumartin
as Edmond Caumartin
as Oncle Bouchard
as Tante Bouchard
as Homme au cheval
as Commis
as Aide-cuisinier
as Aide-cuisinier
as Bûcheron
as Abatteur de chevaux
as François Paradis (voice) (uncredited)
