Kamouraska (film)

Kamouraska
Film poster
Directed byClaude Jutra
Written byClaude Jutra
Screenplay byAnne Hébert
Produced byMag Bodard
Pierre Lamy
StarringGeneviève Bujold
Richard Jordan
Philippe Léotard
CinematographyMichel Brault
Edited byRenée Lichtig
Music byMaurice Leroux
Production
company
France Cinéma Productions
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • March 29, 1973 (1973-03-29) (Canada)
Running time
124 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget$905,000

Kamouraska is a 1973 French-Canadian film directed and written by Claude Jutra, based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Anne Hébert. At the time of its release it was the most expensive film ever made in Canadian history. It won four Canadian Film Awards, but was unsuccessful at the box office.