Kuessipan
Year: 2019
Country:
CANADA
Language:
French, Innu
Run Time:
117 minutes
Mikuan and Shaniss have been best friends— practically sisters—since they were little girls, growing up on an Innu reserve near northeastern Quebec. While their lives have been intimately intertwined, they have also been drastically different. For instance, after Mikuan brought Shaniss along on her family’s fishing trip, Shaniss asked Mikuan to help move her intoxicated mother from the kitchen floor to the bedroom. Still, the two promise to never be apart and, so far, have kept their word. Now, at 16, Shaniss has a baby with her abusive boyfriend. And Mikuan, taking her first writing workshop outside the reserve, has met a cute Quebecois boy named Francis. Can Mikuan and Shaniss’s friendship sustain the tensions between their close-knit, albeit troubled, community and the prospects of life outside the reserve? Myriam Verreault’s KUESSIPAN—based on Naomi Fontaine’s novel of the same name (meaning “It’s your turn” in Innu) —is a heartrending portrait of the Innu people and a relatable depiction of two teens on the verge of adulthood. (In French and Innu with subtitles) — E.B.
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Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: No
Sidebar
Women of the World
Competitions
Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
International Narrative Competition
Director
Myriam Verreault
Producers
Félize Frappier, Sylvie Lacoste, Réginald Vollant
Screenwriting
Myriam Verreault, Naomi Fontaine
Cinematography
Nicolas Canniccioni
Editing
Amélie Labrèche, Myriam Verreault, Sophie Leblond
Principal Cast
Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao, Yamie Grégoire, Étienne Galloy, Cédrick Ambroise, Caroline Vachon, Mike Innu Papu McKenzie, Douglas Grégoire, Brigitte Poupart
Film Sponsor
Debra S. Gold
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