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Those Damned Savages (1971)

Those Damned Savages poster
Original title
Les maudits sauvages
Directed by
Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Genre
comedy film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 56m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A 17th century Mohawk woman is brought to modern day Montreal and forced to work as a go-go dancer. The film uses this time displacement to critique racism and colonialism.

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What happens

Those Damned Savages (French: Les maudits sauvages) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1971. A satirical critique of colonialism, the film explores its thesis that racist attitudes toward First Nations have not changed through a narrative that places various real historical figures from the 17th century in modern-day Montreal. The film stars Rachel Cailhier as Tékacouita, a young Mohawk woman in New France who is taken to the city by coureur de bois Thomas Hébert (Pierre Dufresne) to work as a domestic servant, after being forcibly separated from her fiancé. In Montreal, Thomas forces Tékacouita to work as a go-go dancer in a nightclub, where she repeatedly deals with attempted sexual assault and other modern problems until her fiancé arrives to save her. The film's cast also includes Nicole Filion as Jeanne Mance, Luc Granger as abbé Frelaté and Marcel Sabourin as Jean Talon. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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