Angelique's Isle (2018)
- Original title
- Abandoned: Angelique's Isle
- Directed by
- Michelle Derosier, Marie-Hélène Cousineau
- Genre
- Thriller
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
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How it feels
In 1845, an Anishinaabe woman and her voyageur husband are left stranded on an island in Lake Superior during the Copper Rush. They must endure a brutal winter with few resources, relying on her survival skills.
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What happens
Angelique's Isle is a 2018 Canadian historical drama film, directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Michelle Derosier. Based on a true story set in 1845, the film stars Julia Jones as Angelique Mott, an Anishinaabe woman who accompanies her voyageur husband Charlie (Charlie Carrick) on an expedition to search for potential mining sites during the Copper Rush, only for the couple to be abandoned on an island in Lake Superior and forced to survive the harsh winter on their own. The film's cast also includes Tantoo Cardinal, Aden Young, Stephen McHattie, Brendt Thomas Diabo, Greg Tremblay, Anthony Roch and Dennis Dubinsky. The film premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival in September 2018, before going into commercial release in 2019. It won three awards at the 2018 American Indian Film Festival, for Best Film, Best Actress (Jones) and Best Supporting Actress (Cardinal). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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