Kamouraska

Kamouraska is a 1973 French-Canadian film directed and written by Claude Jutra, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Anne Hébert. At the time of its release it was the most expensive film ever made in Canadian history. It won four Canadian Film Awards, but was unsuccessful at the box office. Plot The film is set in rural Québec in the 1830s. Élisabeth at the deathbed of her second husband, Jérôme Rolland, is recounting her past, which is conveyed through a series of flashbacks. She was first married to Antoine, the brutish seigneur of Kamouraska, and fell in love with a Loyalist American doctor, Georges Nelson. He murdered Antoine. At her trial for complicity in the killing, Élisabeth is acquitted. She marries Jérôme to save her honour. Cast Geneviève Bujold as Élisabeth d'Aulnières Richard Jordan as Georges Nelson Philippe Léotard as Antoine Tassy Marcel Cuvelier as Jérôme Rolland Huguette Oligny as the mother of Élisabeth Camille Bernard as the mother of Antoine Janine Sutto as Tante Olivette Thibault as Tante Marie Fresnières as Tante Suzie Baillargeon as Aurélie Colette Cortois as Florida Gigi Duckett as Anne-Marie Marcel Marineau as Greffier, médecin Len Watt as Le gouverneur Production The film based on Anne Hébert's novel was directed and written by Claude Jutra and Michel Brault was the directory of cinematography. The French-Canadian co-production was shot from 1–29 March and 26 April to 30 June 1972. Three hours and forty minutes worth of footage was shot for the film.