Maria Chapdelaine

In the Quebec wilderness emphasizing the style that would become known as Poetic Realism, roughneck logger Francois (Jean Gabin) in his clumsy pursuit of Madeleine Renaud (title character), in Julien Duvivier's Maria Chapdelaine, 1934.

Impressive opening on location in Quebec, logger Francois (Jean Gabin) meets Tit-be' (Emile Genevois), who has news of his sister (Madeleine Renaud, title character), two Canadian anthems featured, from Julien Duvivier's Maria Chapdelaine, 1934.

Church service and aftermath in the actual Quebec frontier town of Peribonka, logger Francois (Jean Gabin) socializing with Samuel (Andre Bacque) and his daughter (Madeleine Renaud, title character), in Julien Duvivier's Maria Chapdelaine, 1934.