Kuessipan
A beautiful and heartbreaking story.
Kuessipan
KUESSIPAN follows two girls who grow up as best friends in a Quebec 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 be lifelong friends. But as they mature, their lives take different paths, and their personal ambitions diverge leading them to a cultural and identity clash that tests their bond.
Genre
Drama
Web Site
Runtime
117
Language
French
Director
Myriam Verreault
Cast
Brigitte Poupart,
Étienne Galloy,
Sharon Ishpatao Fontaine
FEATURED REVIEW
Anne Brodie, What She Said
Kuessipan (“to you” in Innu) is a beautiful and heartbreaking story of childhood friends in Uashat May Mani-Utenam, Quebec, a remote Innu community. Myriam Verreault directs local first-timers/non-actors including Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao and Yami Gregoire who play Mikuan and Shaniss. They’re ...
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 3.26.21 - 4.08.21
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