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1929 | B/N | 87 min

Gabriel and his young fiancée Evangelina live in the Canadian province of Acadia, but before their wedding can take place, the British take the men prisoner and send them into exile, taking their lands as payment for a fine levyed by the British crown. Still hopeful, Evangelina goes in search of Gabriel, but even when she and other Acadian women are set free in Louisiana, she can?t manage to find him since she always arrives at a place once he has already left. Nonetheless, she will continue looking for the man she loves


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Carewe; Edwin
Script: Wadsworth Longfello; Henry, Fox; Finis
Production: Carew; Edwin
Photography: Kurrl; Robert, Green; Al
Sound: Riesenfeld; Hugo
Cast:A. Marcus; James, Mcallister; Paul, Drew; Roland, del Río; Dolores, Reed; Donald, Marión; Geroge
Participation year at FICM: 2004

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