The Naked Heart

The Naked Heart (1950)

Maria Chapdelaine

At the beginning of the 20th century, in the North of the Province of Quebec. After five years spent in a boarding school, Maria Chapdelaine comes back to the family farm. Robert Gagnon, a villager and childhood friend, loves her secretly but Maria is wooed by Lorenzo Surprenant, a man who has fled his home town to escape the police. The one she is really in love with is François Paradis, a handsome trapper. The latter promises to marry her in the spring, as soon as he is back from the Far North. Robert, who is aware of how miserable Maria is, writes a letter to François , asking him to come back at once. Unfortunately, the young trapper is buried under the snow during a storm. As for Lorenzo he gets gunned down by the police. Finally understanding that Robert has sacrificed himself out of love for her, Maria accepts to become his wife.

Date of release
1950-11-16
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Drama
Director
Marc Allégret

Casting

Interesting facts

The Naked Heart is a 1950 British-French historical drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Michèle Morgan, Kieron Moore and Françoise Rosay. It was written by Allégret, C.K. Jaeger, J. McLaren-Ross, Hugh Mills and Roger Vadim based on the novel Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hémon. The film was released in separate English and French versions. A previous film version was made in 1934.

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