Le père Chopin

Le père Chopin (1945)

A widower is struggling to raise his five children, when he finds a rich brother who imagines he will make them happy by unwittingly destroying their modest projects. After many disasters, the uncle will be more understanding and repair his wrongs. A duel to finish: moral values ​​and love against money and selfishness, in the Quebec of the 1940s.

Date of release
1945-04-19
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Fyodor Otsep

Casting

Interesting facts

The Music Master is a Canadian drama film, directed by Fedor Ozep and released in 1945. The first full-length feature film ever produced by a commercial studio in Quebec and the first film in Canada's post-World War II "boom" in filmmaking, the film's main characters are estranged brothers Paul and Pierre Dupont, who emigrated to Quebec from France in their youth; Paul has grown up to be a church organist, of modest means but beloved by his family and community, while Pierre has become a wealthy businessman, but is unmarried and isolated. The film's plot centres on their reunion for the first time since going their separate ways to pursue their different dreams.

Production

The film had a budget of $250,000 (equivalent to $4,461,957 in 2025).

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