The Death of a Lumberjack
1973, French. Directed by Gilles Carle.
This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that he was killed in a labor dispute.
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Gilles CarleDirector
- Carole LaureMarie Chapdeleine
- Willie LamotheArmand St. Amour
- Daniel PilonFrançois Paradis
- Pauline JulienCharlotte Juillet
- Marcel SabourinTi-Noir L'Esperance
- Denise FiliatraultBlanche Bellefeuille
- Jacques GagnonCast
- Roger Le BelPaper employee union archivist
- Ernest GuimondWilfred
- Jacques BouchardCast
- Yvonne DiaboCast
- J. Léo GagnonCast
Details
- Released
- 25 January 1973
- Original title
- La mort d'un bûcheron
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Gilles Carle, Arthur Lamothe
- Budget
- $250K
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The Death of a Lumberjack runs 115 minutes (1h 55m).
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The Death of a Lumberjack isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 January 1973. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Death of a Lumberjack?
The Death of a Lumberjack (1973) was directed by Gilles Carle and stars Carole Laure, Willie Lamothe, Daniel Pilon.