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Mesnak is a canadien film of genre Drama with Luc Morissette

Mesnak (2011)

Mesnak
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Length 1h36
OriginCanada
Genres Drama
Rating62% 3.116823.116823.116823.116823.11682

Mesnak est un film québécois de Yves Sioui Durand, sorti en 2011.

Il s’agit du premier long métrage réalisé en français par un réalisateur autochtone du Québec.

Synopsis

Dave est un serveur dans la vingtaine vivant à Montréal et jouant Hamlet. D’origine autochtone, son adoption à l’âge de 3 ans a effacé tous ses souvenirs de sa culture d’origine. Lorsqu’il reçoit par la poste une photographie de sa mère biologique, Gertrude McKenzie, Dave se rend à Kinogamish afin de faire sa connaissance. Il réalise cependant rapidement qu’il n’est pas le bienvenu dans la réserve où il a vu le jour puisqu’il rencontre de l’hostilité de la part de Claude St-Onge, le chef de bande de Kinogamish, qui s’apprête à marier Gertrude. Néanmoins, Dave se lie d’amitié avec une jeune Innue nommée Osalic qui tente de se libérer de l’inceste dont elle est victime. Il fait également la rencontre de Sapatesh, un vieil aveugle qui lui en apprend davantage sur son père et sur les circonstances troublantes de sa mort.

Actors

Luc Morissette

(Jean-Marie Fontaine)
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