Maria Chapdelaine

Maria Chapdelaine

Directed by Sébastien Pilote

Produced by Item 7, Multipix Management

2021158 min6.3 / 10

A tender coming-of-age story set in early 20th-century rural Quebec, where a young woman navigates family bonds and romantic choices against the backdrop of frontier hardship.

In 1910, Maria Chapdelaine, a young girl of seventeen, lived with her family on the banks of the Péribonka River, north of Lake Saint-Jean. The Chapdelaines work tirelessly to push the limits of the forest. In a home where even physical exhaustion cannot dampen the warmth of family life, Maria, strong and full of hope, finds herself faced with major dilemmas. Thrust into the world of adults, Maria will suddenly be forced to decide on her future as a woman.

Questions people ask

  • Is Maria Chapdelaine scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Maria Chapdelaine easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is Maria Chapdelaine violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Maria Chapdelaine end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Maria Chapdelaine sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

34/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity60

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Surprise15

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Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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