Les Filles du Roi (film)

Les Filles du Roi is a Canadian musical drama film, directed by Corey Payette and released in 2023.[1] The film presents a feminist and indigenous spin on the colonization of Canada through the story of Marie-Jeanne Lespérance (Julie McIsaac), a French fille du roy who comes to New France in the 17th century, but struggles to fit in and instead finds her place in her emerging friendships with Kateri (Kaitlyn Yott) and Jean-Baptiste (Raes Calvert), a Mohawk brother and sister.[2]

Les Filles du Roi
Directed byCorey Payette
Written byCorey Payette
Julie McIsaac
Based onLes Filles du Roi by Corey Payette and Julie McIsaac
Produced byGarrett Van Dusen
StarringJulie McIsaac
Kaitlyn Yott
Raes Calvert
CinematographyParham Banafsheh
Ian Mrozewski
Edited byChristian Díaz Durán
Music byCorey Payette
Production
company
Urban Ink Productions
Release date
  • October 5, 2023 (2023-10-05) (VIFF)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The supporting cast includes Claire Johnstone, Jessica Carmichael, Oliver Castillo, Merewyn Comeau, Cecilly Day, Laura Di Cicco, Victor Dolhai, Kayla Dunbar, Lisa Goebel, Nathan Kay, Asivak Koostachin, Jennifer Lines, Olivia Lucas, Pippa Mackie and Matthew Mahihkan.

The film was adapted from the 2018 stage musical of the same name by Payette and McIsaac,[3] features songs in the English, French and Mohawk languages, and stars the same core cast as the original production.[4] Payette opted to make the film after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the stage musical's national tour in 2020.[2]

The film premiered in the Northern Lights program at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival.[2]

References
  1. V.S. Wells, "Review: Corey Payette’s “Les Filles du Roi” blossoms from stage to screen". The Georgia Straight, October 6, 2023.
  2. Emily Lyth, "Corey Payette's musical theatre production Les Filles du Roi transforms into a film at VIFF, October 5 and 8". Stir, October 3, 2023.
  3. Alexander Varty, "Settler history meets Indigenous culture in the new musical Les Filles du Roi". The Georgia Straight, May 9, 2018.
  4. Kathleen Oliver, "Les Filles du Roi's trilingual, feminist-Indigenous musical is a triumph". The Georgia Straight, May 18, 2018.


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