Cordélia


Release Information: February 8, 1980; Montréal (Le Dauphin I); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 8, 1980; Montréal (Le Dauphin I); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 8, 1980; Montréal (Le Dauphin I); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 8, 1980; Montréal (Le Dauphin I); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 7, 1980; Montréal (Le Dauphin I); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 7, 1980; Montréal (Le Dauphin I); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 7, 1980; Montréal (Le Dauphin I); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); February 7, 1980; Montréal (Le Dauphin I); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)


Funding Sources: National Film Board
Tax Shelter Era/Capital Cost Allowance (CCA)

Budget: Actual cost: $1,400,000; Budget: $800,000

Production Details


Executive Producer: Jacques Blain; Roger Frappier; Roger Frappier; Roger Frappier; Roger Frappier; Roger Frappier; Roger Frappier; Roger Frappier; Roger Frappier

116 minutes, 1978

Based on the novel LA LAMPE DANS LA FENÉTRE by Pauline Cadieux, this film tells the story of Cordélia Viau, accused of murdering her husband in collaboration with Samuel Parslow, her alleged lover. After a long trial full of discrepancies, the couple was found guilty and hung in the courtyard of Sainte-Scholastique prison in Québec, on March 10, 1899.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

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Anne Wheeler’s 30-year career as a Canadian filmmaker has been punctuated by many fine moments, among which was the release in 1989 of her third feature film, Bye Bye Blues. Nominated for thirteen Genie awards and winner of three awards for best...
Cordélia Commentary

Based on an historical court case and inspired by the Quebecois novel, La Lampe dans la fenêtre by Pauline Cadieux, Cordélia (Cordelia) tells the story of what it costs to be different and female in a small community. At the end of the 1890s, a...

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