Completed - FRENCH-CANADIAN, ENGLISH-CANADA - Drama, Social issues, Female director - 81 minutes
Two radically opposed women divide the community into two sides who face each other to determine the best path to independence.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Caroline MONNET Writer(s) : Caroline MONNET, Daniel WATCHORN Cast : Pascale BUSSIÈRES, Devery JACOBS Producer(s) : Catherine CHAGNON (Microclimat Films), Pierre EVEN (Item 7)
Mani, a master’s student, returns to the remote region in northern Quebec where she grew up. Her painful past resurfaces. Resolved to reintegrate into the community, she gets involved in the debate around a referendum on allowing the free sale of alcohol. Laura, a bootlegger, pockets the profits she makes 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.
Country(ies) : CANADA Financing plan : Microclimat Films, Sodec, Telefilm Canada, Le Fonds Harold Greenberg, MK2 MILE END, Société Radio-Canada, Super Écran, Best Friend Forever Start of shooting : November 2019
Rotterdam IFFR 2016 (CineMart )Berlinale - EFM 2016 (Berlinale Coproduction Market)Cannes 2017 (Best script Résidence Cinéfondation CNC)Festival nouveau cinéma 2021 (Opening Film)Vancouver IFF 2021 (Emergent Canadian Director Award)ImagineNative Film & Media Festival 2021 (Dramatic Feature Award)Cinoche - Festival de Baie Comeau 2022 (3 Outardes Awards)Iris Awards Québec Cinema 2022 (8 nominations)Canadian Screen Awrads 2022 (Nomination for Best Original Song)Festival du film canadien de Dieppe 2022 (Prix Jean Malaurie)Goteborg IFF 2022 (Voyage)