''The Naked Heart'' (French title: ''Maria Chapdelaine'') is a 1950 British-French
historical
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drama film
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directed by
Marc Allégret
Marc Allégret (22 December 1900 – 3 November 1973) was a French screenwriter, photographer and film director.
Biography
Born in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, he was the elder brother of Yves Allégret. Marc was educated to be a lawyer in ...
, based on the novel ''
Maria Chapdelaine'' by
Louis Hémon. The film stars
Michèle Morgan,
Kieron Moore and
Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay (; born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche; 19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse,''Design'', Volume 9 1965 p. 24 and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figur ...
. It was released in separate English and French versions. A
previous film version had been made in 1934.
It tells the story of a convent girl in a remote Northern Canadian village at the beginning of the 20th century.
Cast
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Michèle Morgan as Maria Chapdelaine
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Kieron Moore as Lorenzo Surprenant
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Françoise Rosay
Françoise Rosay (; born Françoise Bandy de Nalèche; 19 April 1891 – 28 March 1974) was a French opera singer, diseuse,''Design'', Volume 9 1965 p. 24 and actress who enjoyed a film career of over sixty years and who became a legendary figur ...
as Laura Chapdelaine
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Jack Watling as Robert Gagnon
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Philippe Lemaire
Philippe Lemaire (14 March 1927 – 15 March 2004) was a French actor. He appeared in more than ninety films between 1946 and 2004.
Lemaire was married three times; Nicole Pinton (1949–1951) (divorced); Juliette Gréco
Juliette Gréco (; ...
as François Paradis
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Nancy Price as Theresa Suprenant
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Francis de Wolff as Papa Suprenant
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George Woodbridge as Samuel Chapdelaine
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Brian Roper as Tit-Be Chapdelaine
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1950 films
1950s English-language films
English-language French films
1950s French-language films
British historical drama films
1950s historical drama films
Films directed by Marc Allégret
French black-and-white films
Films based on French novels
Films based on Canadian novels
Films set in Quebec
1950 drama films
British black-and-white films
1950s British films
1950s French films
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