Maria
1st Golden Reel Awards
1 Win
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Writer: Mo Buck
Based on the novel "Maria Chapdelaine" by Louis Hemond
Cast:
Brie Larson .... Maria
Alexander Skarsgard .... Frank
Jake Gyllenhaal .... Larry
Paul Dano .... Eugene
Tim Robbins .... Samuel
Catherine Keener .... Laura
Thomas Brodie-Sangster .... Junior
Plot: In the Colonial Era, for Maria (Brie Larson), it's time to choose an husband. Her parents Samuel (Tim Robbins) and Laura (Catherine Keener) chose the son of a farmer, Eugene (Paul Dano), who lived near them, but Maria has other plans in mind. She meets a foreign man who lives in the city, Larry (Jake Gyllenhall), and a fur trapper named Frank (Alexander Skarsgard) and she must decide between the three of them, because her father is kicking her out of the house, they can't afford to continue to feed her and her numerous siblings. By spending time with each of the pretenders, she sees three different outcomes : continue to live on a farm, explore the city, or live freely in the woods with the fur trapper.
Sadly, during the winter, the fur trapper is killed in a snowstorm after he tried to go visit Maria. Saddened, Maria decides to get out of the family's farm and to go to the city. Before she leaves, her mother becomes terribly sick and her father forces her to stay to take care of her mother. On her deathbed, her mother tells Maria that she should marry the farmer, because that's what she wants and Maria promises her to do so. Unable to break her promise, Maria marries the farmer and lives a miserable life until she dies during childbirth.
1 Win
- Best Actress - Brie Larson
- Best Ensemble Cast
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Writer: Mo Buck
Based on the novel "Maria Chapdelaine" by Louis Hemond
Cast:
Brie Larson .... Maria
Alexander Skarsgard .... Frank
Jake Gyllenhaal .... Larry
Paul Dano .... Eugene
Tim Robbins .... Samuel
Catherine Keener .... Laura
Thomas Brodie-Sangster .... Junior
Plot: In the Colonial Era, for Maria (Brie Larson), it's time to choose an husband. Her parents Samuel (Tim Robbins) and Laura (Catherine Keener) chose the son of a farmer, Eugene (Paul Dano), who lived near them, but Maria has other plans in mind. She meets a foreign man who lives in the city, Larry (Jake Gyllenhall), and a fur trapper named Frank (Alexander Skarsgard) and she must decide between the three of them, because her father is kicking her out of the house, they can't afford to continue to feed her and her numerous siblings. By spending time with each of the pretenders, she sees three different outcomes : continue to live on a farm, explore the city, or live freely in the woods with the fur trapper.
Sadly, during the winter, the fur trapper is killed in a snowstorm after he tried to go visit Maria. Saddened, Maria decides to get out of the family's farm and to go to the city. Before she leaves, her mother becomes terribly sick and her father forces her to stay to take care of her mother. On her deathbed, her mother tells Maria that she should marry the farmer, because that's what she wants and Maria promises her to do so. Unable to break her promise, Maria marries the farmer and lives a miserable life until she dies during childbirth.
BOX OFFICE
Budget: $47,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $59,295,022
Foreign Box Office: $52,642,632
Total Profit: $35,977,123
Domestic Box Office: $59,295,022
Foreign Box Office: $52,642,632
Total Profit: $35,977,123
REVIEWS
"Despite the talented cast and director, I couldn't help but feel that the dilemma at the heart of the story was ultimately too lightweight" - Gillian Donaldson, Variety
"A cast like that could act out the phone book and it would still be worth watching." - Ben Bernard, New York Times
"I never thought I'd recommend people watch a tragic frontier romance, but here I am doing it." - Clark Davis, JoBlo.com
Rated R for some sexual content and thematic material.
Filming Locations:
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Jean-Marc Vallee was Mo Buck's only choice as director, based on its French Canadian origins and his work on HBO's Big Little Lies and in the French Canadian movie C.R.A.Z.Y.
- Shailene Woodley was heavily considered for the role of Maria that ultimately went to Brie Larson, a role for which she won her first Golden Reel Award for Best Actress.
- Shailene Woodley was heavily considered for the role of Maria that ultimately went to Brie Larson, a role for which she won her first Golden Reel Award for Best Actress.