Cordélia

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Cordélia
Directed by	Jean Beaudin
Produced by	Roger Frapper Jacques Gagné Jean-Marc Garand
Written by	Jean Beaudin Pauline Cadieux (book La lampe dans la fenêtre) Marcel Sabourin
Starring	Louise Portal
Music by	Maurice Blackburn
Cinematography	Pierre Mignot
Editing by	Jean Beaudin
Distributed by	National Film Board
Release date(s)	February 7, 1980 (Canada)
Running time	116 mins.
Country	Canada
Language	French
Budget	$450,000 (estimated)
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Cordélia is a 1980 Canadian French language film based on the book La lampe dans la fenêtre by Pauline Cadieux. It was directed and written by Jean Beaudin.

[edit] Plot

Set in a village in the 1890s, a woman (Viau) whose husband is away invites men into her home. 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.