Cordélia
Cordélia is a 1980 Canadian French language film directed and written by Jean Beaudin. It is an adaptation of the novel La lampe dans la fenêtre by Pauline Cadieux, itself based on the real-life 1890s murder trial of Cordélia Viau and Samuel Parslow.
Plot
Set in a village in the 1890s, the film centres on Cordélia Viau (Louise Portal), a woman who invites men into her home while her husband is away. This action offends the conservative villagers. One of the men who was invited in is found dead and the woman is suspected and judged for her immoral act rather than the crime of murder she may have committed.
Cast
- Alexis Martin
- Bertrand Gagnon
- Claude Gauthier
- Claude Grisé
- Doris Lussier
- Françoise Berd
- Gaston Brisson
- Gaston Lepage
- Gilbert Sicotte
- Gilles Vigneault
- Gratien Gélinas
- Henry Ramer
- J. Léo Gagnon
- James Blendick
- Jean Archambault
- Jean Duceppe
- Jean Gascon
- Jean-Louis Roux
- Jean Perraud
- Jean-Pierre Masson
- Lionel Villeneuve
- Louise Portal
- Marc Legault
- Marcel Sabourin
- Michelle Rossignol
- Olivette Thibault
- Pierre Daignault
- Pierre Gobeil
- Raymond Bouchard
- Raymond Cloutier
- Roger Garand
- Rolland Bédard
- Serge Thériault
More details
| author | Jean Beaudin Marcel Sabourin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Quebec |
| director | Jean Beaudin |
| editor | Jean Beaudin |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | immoral morality suspect than the |
| musicBy | Maurice Blackburn |
| producer | Roger Frappier |
| productionCompany | National Film Board |