Maria Chapdelaine (1934 film)

Maria Chapdelaine is a 1934 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Madeleine Renaud, Jean Gabin and Jean-Pierre Aumont.

[1] It is an adaptation of the 1913 novel of the same title by Louis Hémon set in rural Quebec about a young woman who becomes involved with a farmer, trapper and an immigrant drifter from Paris.

The film was a box office success on its release, ending a run of financial failures for Duvivier.

[3] It was awarded the French Grand Prix, and was screened at the Venice Film Festival where it was given a Special Mention.

A review in The New York Times praised it as "stirring, full-bodied and tremulously beautiful".