Kamouraska

A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love.

Cast

Geneviève Bujold

as Élisabeth

Richard Jordan

as Georges Nelson

Marcel Cuvelier

as Jérôme

Suzie Baillargeon

as Aurélie

Huguette Oligny

as La mère d'Élisabeth

Philippe Léotard

as Antoine

Janine Sutto

as Tante

Olivette Thibault

as Tante

Marie Fresnières

as Tante

Camille Bernard

as La mère d'Antoine

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