July 9, 2021 to August 31, 2021
Alliance française and Maison de la Francophonie of Ottawa
Alliance Française Ottawa and La maison de la francophonie d’Ottawa with the support of the Embassy of France in Canada, are delighted to invite you to their monthly movie club.
Every month, discover with us a francophone movie!
In july, we offer “Kuessipan”:
Movie by Myriam Verreault, from the novel Kuessipan by Naomi Fontaine.
Two childhood friends from the same Quebec Innu community begin to realize that they face very different futures, in Myriam Verreault’s bittersweet adaptation of Naomi Fontaine’s acclaimed novel about the ties that bind people, places, and possibilities.
Adapted from Naomi Fontaine’s critically acclaimed novel of the same name, Kuessipan follows two girls growing up as best friends in a Quebec Innu community. While Mikuan (Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao) has a loving family and is destined for a promising life outside of her hometown, Shaniss (Yamie Grégoire) is picking up the pieces of her shattered childhood. As children, they promised each other they’d stick together no matter what. But as they grow older, issues of race and class boil to the surface and Shaniss begins to feel abandoned when Mikuan falls for a white boy and starts to dream of a life beyond the one they know.
