A Colony

A Colony

2019 · 103 min · FR · 6.9 (33 votes)
Dir. Geneviève Dulude-De Celles · Starring Émilie Bierre, Irlande Côté, Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, Cassandra Gosselin-Pelletier, Noémie Godin-Vigneau, Robin Aubert · Music Mathieu Charbonneau
Drama

Camille wanders through the countryside talking with frogs and chickens: she sails through life as a carefree soul. But for her older sister, the introverted Mylia, things are more complicated. Mylia is lost between the uncertainty in her family life, the superficial atmosphere at her new school and her first experiences at house parties. It is Camille who eventually introduces Mylia to Jimmy. The boy from the nearby Abenaki reserve is different and he encourages her to break free.

VIBE

A quiet, introspective journey through adolescence. It captures the awkwardness of first love and the tender bonds of sisterhood against a backdrop of rural isolation. Feels like a gentle, sun-dappled memory.

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