Les Filles du Roi

Les Filles du Roi (2023)

1665. Louis XIV has seen fit to send a gift to the New World: surplus women to bring succor and support to French settlers in what is now Quebec. Among them is Marie-Jeanne (Julie McIsaac), who immediately falls foul of the matronly Madame Savoie (Claire Johnstone) by making nice with a native Mohawk trader, Jean-Baptiste (Raes Calvert), and his naive young sister Kateri (Kaitlyn Yott).

Date of release
2023-08-07
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Music, Drama
Director
Corey Payette

Casting

Interesting facts

Les Filles du Roi is a Canadian musical drama film, directed by Corey Payette and released in 2023. Written by Payette and Julie McIsaac, the film presents a feminist and Indigenous spin on the colonization of Canada through the story of Marie-Jeanne Lespérance, a French fille du roi in New France in the 17th century, and her emerging friendships with Kateri and Jean-Baptiste, a Mohawk sister and brother in the fur trade.

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