''Isabel'' is a 1968 Canadian film written, directed and produced by

Paul Almond Paul Almond (April 26, 1931 – April 9, 2015) was a Canadian television and motion picture screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is most known for being the director of the first film in the '' Up'' series. Life and career Paul A ...

Synopsis

Learning of her mother's serious illness, Isabel (

Geneviève Bujold Geneviève Bujold (; born July 1, 1942) is a Canadian actress. For her portrayal of Anne Boleyn in the period drama film ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969), Bujold received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film cre ...

) returns to her family's farm on the Gaspé Peninsula. Her mother dies before she can get there, and when her aged uncle Matthew (

Gerard Parkes Gerard Parkes (October 16, 1924 – October 19, 2014) was an Irish-Canadian actor. He was born in Dublin, and moved to Toronto in 1956. He is known for playing "Doc" on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television series ''Fraggle Rock'' and ...

) asks her to stay on and help him with the farm, she reluctantly agrees. She finds herself haunted by memories of early years (domestic violence, incest and the mysterious deaths of her grandfather, who died in a freak accident, and her father and brother, who both drowned at sea) in a house full of eerie sights and sounds.

Cast

Reception

''Isabel'' is the first film of Paul Almond's trilogy made with his then-wife Geneviève Bujold, it won four

Canadian Film Award The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually, except in 1974 when a number of Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation. In the 1970s ...

s, and was one of the early Canadian films to be distributed by a major Hollywood studio ( Paramount Pictures). It was featured in the Canadian Cinema television series which aired on CBC Television in 1974.

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* 1968 films Films set in Quebec Gaspé Peninsula 1968 drama films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Paul Almond 1960s English-language films 1960s Canadian films {{1960s-Canada-film-stub