The Naked Heart
Maria Chapdelaine
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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Cast
Harry Locke
Kieron Moore
as Lorenzo Suprenant
Philippe Lemaire
as François Paradis
Francis de Wolff
as Papa Suprenant
George Woodbridge
as Samuel Chapdelaine
Fred Johnson
as Le rebouteux
Michael Mulcaster
as Légaré
Ewen Solon
Françoise Rosay
as Laura Chapdelaine
Michèle Morgan
as Maria Chapdelaine
Roger Vadim
as L'Indien (uncredited)
Jack Watling
as Robert Gagnon
Nancy Price
as Thérésa Suprenant
