French, Anishinabemowin
81 minutes
2021
Mani, a master’s student, returns to the remote place in northern Quebec where she grew up. Her painful past resurfaces. Resolved to reintegrate into her former home, she gets involved in the debate around a referendum on allowing the free sale of alcohol. Laura, a bootlegger, pockets the profits she makes there under the protection of the band council and her partner Raymond. The latter is still angry with Mani, whom he holds responsible for the death of his daughter in a fire. Two radically opposed women divide the community into two sides who face each other to determine the best path to independence.
Festival and Award
2022 Prix Iris for Most successful Film Outside Québec (Canada)
2022 Prix Jean Malaurie by Festival du film canadien de Dieppe (France)
2022 Prix TVA Est-du-Québec for Best Film by Festival du film international de Baie-Comeau – Cinoche (Canada)
2022 Audience Award for Best Québec Film by Festival du film international de Baie-Comeau – Cinoche (Canada)
2022 Prix Centre Manicouagan for Best Sound by Festival du film international de Baie-Comeau – Cinoche (Canada)
2021 Best Dramatic Feature Award by imagineNATIVE (Canada)
2021 Canadian Emergent Director Award by Vancouver International Film Festival (Canada)
2017 Best Screenplay Award by CNC & Cinéfondation Cannes Film Festival (France)
Credits
Scriptwriters
Caroline Monnet, Daniel Watchorn
Director
Caroline Monnet
Script Consultants
Danielle Dansereau, Robert Morin
Cast
Pascale Bussières, Devery Jacobs, Samian, Jacques Newashish, Dominique Pétin, Joséphine Bacon, C,S, Gilbert Crazy Horse, Brigitte Poupart, Charles Bender
Editing
Aube Foglia
Cinematography
Nicolas Canniccioni
Production Designer
Louisa Schabas
Costumes
Éric Poirier
Sound
Stéphane Barsalou, Guillaume Daoust, Jean-François B. Sauvé, Bernard Gariepy Strobl
Original Score
Jean Martin, Tanya Tagaq
Produced by
Catherine Chagnon
Executive Producer
Pierre Even
Associate Producer
Sheldon McGregor
Production
Microclimat Films
Financing
SODEC, Telefilm Canada, Fonds Harold Greenberg
In Association with
Best Friend Forever
In Collaboration with
Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Super Écran
Markets
CineMart, Berlinale Co-production Market, Cinéfondation, BoostNL, Stowe Story Labs, First Cut Lab FNC, First Look USA
Distribution in Canada
MK2 MILE END
Press Relations in Canada
Ixion Communications / MingoTwo
International Sales
Best Friend Forever
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