Séraphin: un homme et son péché
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Séraphin: un homme et son péché (English title: Séraphin: Heart of Stone) is a Quebec
film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon
. The film won a number of Jutra Award
s and the Genie
Golden Reel Award
in 2003.
An earlier film, Un homme et son péché, based on the same novel, was produced in 1949.
Donalda is extremely unhappy living with Séraphin, because he will do anything to save money. This includes not giving Donalda children and not letting her eat enough. Donalda becomes very sick with a pneumonia-like illness. Alexis returns just before her death.
During Donalda's funeral, Séraphin realizes his house is on fire. He panics and runs into the house, trying to save his money, but dies. Alexis pulls him out of the burning house. The villagers pry open Séraphin's hands and he has money which symbolises that he died for money and that's all he cared about.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
film released in 2002. The script is based on a novel by Claude-Henri Grignon
Claude-Henri Grignon
Claude-Henri Grignon was a Canadian novelist, journalist and politician, most famous for his novel Un Homme et son péché.Born in Sainte-Adèle, Quebec, he was a cousin of writer Germaine Guèvremont...
. The film won a number of Jutra Award
Jutra Award
The Jutra Award is a Canadian annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec...
s and the Genie
Genie Award
Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
Golden Reel Award
Golden Reel Award
Golden Reel Award may refer to:* Golden Reel Award , presented by the Genie Awards to high-grossing Canadian films...
in 2003.
An earlier film, Un homme et son péché, based on the same novel, was produced in 1949.
Plot
In a small Quebec community at the end of the 19th century, due to her father's financial hardships, Donalda Laloge (Vanasse) is forced to marry the village miser (also the mayor), Séraphin Poudrier (Lebeau), and to leave behind the young man that she truly loves. Her beloved, Alexis (Dupuis), returns from working at the lumber camps, unaware of these events.Donalda is extremely unhappy living with Séraphin, because he will do anything to save money. This includes not giving Donalda children and not letting her eat enough. Donalda becomes very sick with a pneumonia-like illness. Alexis returns just before her death.
During Donalda's funeral, Séraphin realizes his house is on fire. He panics and runs into the house, trying to save his money, but dies. Alexis pulls him out of the burning house. The villagers pry open Séraphin's hands and he has money which symbolises that he died for money and that's all he cared about.