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Kamouraska is a 1973 Québécois film directed by Claude Jutra, based on the novel by Anne Hébert, who also worked as screenwriter. It won four Canadian Film Awards, for Best Actress (Geneviève Bujold), Best Supporting Actress (Camille Bernard), Art Direction and a Special Award.

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Kamouraska
Film poster
Directed by	Claude Jutra
Written by	Claude Jutra
Screenplay by	Anne Hébert
Produced by	Mag Bodard Pierre Lamy
Starring	Geneviève Bujold Richard Jordan Philippe Léotard
Cinematography	Michel Brault
Edited by	Renée Lichtig
Music by	Maurice Leroux
Production company	France Cinéma Productions
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	March 29, 1973 (1973-03-29) (Canada)
Running time	124 minutes
Countries	Canada France
Languages	English French

Synopsis

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 and reception

Described as a slow-moving but beautiful film shot by cinematographer Michel Brault, it cost nearly $1 million, making it the most expensive Canadian film to date. Poorly reviewed by critics (it was edited to accommodate theatre owners; a two-hour restored version shows more artistic coherence), it was a modest commercial success in Canada and was not a major release in France and the United States.[1]

Henry Herx gave it a mixed review in his Family Guide to Movies on Video: "[T]he movie captures a vanished era, has excellent acting and the beauty of its settings[,] but its story of hot passion in a cold climate is heavily melodramatic."[2]

Awards

It won four Canadian Film Awards, for Best Actress (Geneviève Bujold), Best Supporting Actress (Camille Bernard), Art Direction, and a Special Award.

References

External links

• Kamouraska at IMDb
• Kamouraska at Rotten Tomatoes

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