Hair of the Bear vs The Death of a Lumberjack
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.9/10 for The Death of a Lumberjack). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 55m. The Death of a Lumberjack is the older of the two (1973 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Hair of the Bear | The Death of a Lumberjack | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 4.9/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 1973 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Gilles Carle |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | Daniel Pilon, Carole Laure, Willie Lamothe, Pauline Julien, Marcel Sabourin |
Synopsis
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
The Death of a Lumberjack
This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that…
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