The Naked Heart
Synopsis
At the beginning of the 20th century, in the North of the Province of Quebec. After five years spent in a boarding school, Maria Chapdelaine comes back to the family farm. Robert Gagnon, a villager and childhood friend, loves her secretly but Maria is wooed by Lorenzo Surprenant, a man who has fled his home town to escape the police. The one she is really in love with is François Paradis, a handsome trapper. The latter promises to marry her in the spring, as soon as he is back from the Far North. Robert, who is aware of how miserable Maria is, writes a letter to François , asking him to come back at once. Unfortunately, the young trapper is buried under the snow during a storm. As for Lorenzo he gets gunned down by the police. Finally understanding that Robert has sacrificed himself out of love for her, Maria accepts to become his wife.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (9)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Regina
- Foreign production company : Everest Pictures, Ltd
- Film exports/foreign sales : Editions René Château
- French distribution : Filmsonor Marceau
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producers : Pierre O'Connell, Arys Nissotti
- Adaptation : Roger Vadim, Marc Allégret, Hugh Mills
- Dialogue Writer : Roger Vadim
- Director of Photography : Armand Thirard
- Music Composer : Guy Bernard
- Editor : Mireille Bessette
- Costume designer : Germaine Lecomte
- Author of original work : Louis Hémon
- Producers : Louis De Masure, Pierre O'Connell, Arys Nissotti
- Production Manager : Louis De Masure
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Literary adaptation , Drama
- Production language : French, English
- Coproducer countries : Great Britain, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 50% French (Great Britain, France)
- Production year : 1950
- French release : 17/11/1950
- Runtime : 1 h 36 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 9124
- Visa issue date : 30/06/1950
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
