Kuessipan

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Kuessipan

Released Mar 26, 2021

1h 57m

Drama

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Adapted from Naomi Fontaine's acclaimed novel, Kuessipan is Myriam Verreault's first narrative feature. In a Quebec Innu community, Mikuan and Shaniss struggle to maintain their close friendship when they clash over their diverging ambitions. When Mikuan falls in love with a white boy and starts to consider a life beyond their tiny reserve, her bond with Shaniss and her family is put to the test.

Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Director Myriam Verreault does everything so well here it's hard to believe her tale of friendship and family on a Quebec Innu reservation is her first feature.

Rated: 4/4

Mar 31, 2021

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Kate Taylor

Globe and Mail

Kuessipan is quiet and mesmerizing and tragic and full of hope. It is a triumph, and a privilege to spend time with.

Rated: 4/4

Sep 7, 2019

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

Modest yet enthralling.

Dec 30, 2021

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Bobby LePire

Film Threat

This coming-of tale fails to fulfill its true potential but still skirts on by to be worthy of watching once.

Rated: 6/10

Mar 31, 2021

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Verreault's film is confident but restrained stylistically; there are no big auteurist flourishes or melodramatic setpieces.

Mar 27, 2021

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Anne Brodie

What She Said

A beautiful and heartbreaking story.

Jun 18, 2020

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Sun S

just seriously, such a wonderful film. thought-provoking, beautiful cinematography, and endearing and complex characters. could remind anyone of home

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/15/23

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Picotine P

Sweet story capturing some of the legacy of 400+ years of genocide on a small reservation in northern Quebec. The movie is sweet and powerful; it follows the lives of 2 girls navigating the trauma and realities of growing up Indigenous in Canada. The movie audio is in Innu and French with English subtitles. Highly reccomend.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/10/22

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Audience Member

Rough on the edges, confusing on some of it subparts but dramatically intense, well acted and full of astonishing visuals. The first act is sumptuous with striking visuals, in deep yet with a few words relationships characterization and strong build up to the turning point. The the movies loses a little of its striking force, not helped with that french from quebec that might have needed more subtitles, but ends beautifully in full emotional bloom.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Adapted from Naomi Fontaine's acclaimed novel, Kuessipan is Myriam Verreault's first narrative feature. In a Quebec Innu community, Mikuan and Shaniss struggle to maintain their close friendship when they clash over their diverging ambitions. When Mikuan falls in love with a white boy and starts to consider a life beyond their tiny reserve, her bond with Shaniss and her family is put to the test.

Producer: Félize Frappier
Distributor: ArtMattan Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 26, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 28, 2021
Runtime: 1h 57m

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