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Kuessipan (2019)
Canada |
2019 |
117 min.
Two girls grow up as best friends in an Innu community. While Mikuan has a loving family, Shaniss is picking up the pieces of her shattered childhood. As children, they promised each other to stick together no matter what. But as they’re about to turn 17, their friendship is shaken when Mikuan falls for a white boy and starts dreaming of leaving the reserve that’s now too small for her dreams.
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Year | 2019 |
| Duration | 117 min |
| Rating | 15 |
| Language | French, Innu |
| Subtitle | Czech |
| Directed by | Myriam Verreault |
| Screenplay | Naomi Fontaine, Myriam Verreault |
| Director of Photography | Nicolas Canniccionni |
| Music | Louis-Jean Cormier |
| Edited by | Amélie Labreche, Myriam Verreault, Sophie Leblond |
| Contact | Be For Films |
Biography
She is from Quebec, Canada. She studied journalism, history and film. She started out with the documentary West of Pluto (2009), which she co-directed. She independently created the web documentary My Tribe Is My Life (Ma tribu c'est ma vie, 2011). Her live-acted film debut was the drama Kuessipan (2019).