The Naked Heart
| Maria Chapdelaine | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Marc Allégret |
| Written by | Marc Allégret C.K. Jaeger J. McLaren-Ross Hugh Mills Roger Vadim |
| Produced by | Nelson Scott Louis de Masure (uncredited) |
| Starring | Michèle Morgan Kieron Moore Françoise Rosay |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | Mireille Bessette Maurice Rootes |
| Music by | Guy Bernard |
Production companies | Everest Pictures Ltd. Régina |
| Distributed by | Filmsonor (France) Associated Artists Productions (USA) |
Release dates | 17 November 1950 (France) 8 March 1955 (USA) |
Running time | 100 min |
| Country | UK / France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | £99,247 (UK)[1] |
The Naked Heart (French title: Maria Chapdelaine) is a 1950 French language motion picture melodrama directed by Marc Allégret, based on the novel Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Kieron Moore and Françoise Rosay.
It tells the story of a convent girl in a remote Northern Canadian village at the beginning of the 20th century.
Cast
- Michèle Morgan as Maria Chapdelaine
- Kieron Moore as Lorenzo Surprenant
- Françoise Rosay as Laura Chapdelaine
- Jack Watling as Robert Gagnon
- Philippe Lemaire as François Paradis
- Nancy Price as Theresa Suprenant
- Francis de Wolff as Papa Suprenant
- George Woodbridge as Samuel Chapdelaine
- Brian Roper as Tit-Be Chapdelaine
References
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495
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