A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
Carole Laure
as Maria Chapdelaine
Nick Mancuso
as François Paradis
Claude Rich
as Curé Cordelier
Amulette Garneau
as Laura Chapdelaine
Yoland Guérard
as Samuel
Pierre Curzi
as Eutrope Gagnon
Donald Lautrec
as Lorenzo Surprenant
Gilbert Sicotte
as Da'Bé Chapdelaine
Guy Thauvette
as Esdras
Stéphane Quéry
as Tit-Bé
Josée-Anne Fortin
as Alma-Rose
Louis-Philippe Milot
as Télesphore
