Kamouraska (film)

Kamouraska is a 1973 Qubcois film directed by Claude Jutra, based on the novel by Anne Hbert, who also worked as screenwriter.

lisabeth is at the deathbed of her second husband Jrme recounting her past, conveyed through a series of flashbacks her first marriage to Antoine, the brutish Seigneur of Kamouraska, and her ensuing love affair with a loyalist American doctor George Nelson which leads to the brutal murder of Antoine, her trial for complicity and acquittal, her loveless marriage to Jrme to save her honour.A slowmoving but beautiful film shot by cinematographer Michel Brault, it cost nearlymillion, making it the most expensive Canadian film to date. Poorly reviewed by critics it was edited to accommodate theatre owners a twohour restored version shows more artistic coherence, it was a modest commercial success in Canada and was not a major release in France and the United States. ........

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