Completed - FRENCH - Drama - 96 minutes
While searching for his biological mother, Dave, a young urban aboriginal, returns to the reserve where he was born and dredges up a painful past scarred by secrets and lies. A Shakespearian tragedy firmly anchored in contemporary reality.
Year of production : 2011 Director(s) : Yves SIOUI DURAND Cast : Victor Andrés TRELLES TURGEON, Ève RINGUETTE, Kathia ROCK, Marco COLLIN, Marco POULIN, Charles BUCKELL, Manon NOLIN, Luc MORISSETTE
Dave, an urban aboriginal in his early twenties, is a Montreal actor. His adoption at the age of 3 has erased all memory of his Native culture. When he receives his first-ever contact with his biological mother through a photo in the mail, Dave leaves for Kinogamish, the reserve where he was born. And where his biological mother, Gertrude, still lives. His unplanned return to this desolate community causes upheavals and chain reactions, while dredging up a painful past scarred by secrets and lies. The reunion does not unfold as expected and Dave becomes disoriented, confronted with a world that seems hostile and foreign. Although alienated from his Native culture, can Dave find a home there? Like Hamlet, the Shakespearian hero who he is working on in theatre class, Dave starts to experience an identity crisis. A Shakespearian tragedy firmly anchored in contemporary reality.
Country(ies) : CANADA