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Kamouraska (1973)
director of photography:
Michel Brault
cast:
Geneviève Bujold, Richard Jordan, Marcel Cuvelier, Suzie Baillargeon, Huguette Oligny, Philippe Léotard, Janine Sutto, Olivette Thibault
director:
Claude Jutra
running time:
175 min.
writer:
Anne Hébert
synopsis
A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love.
A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love.
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