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A Colony (2018)

A Colony poster
Original title
Une colonie
Directed by
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young girl starts high school and navigates friendships that pull her in different directions. One friend encourages risky behavior while another offers a more thoughtful connection.

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What happens

A Colony (French: Une colonie) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles and released in 2018. The film centres on Mylia (Émilie Bierre), a young girl starting high school who is torn between her new friendships with Jacinthe (Cassandra Gosselin-Pelletier), a bad influence who encourages her to experiment with sex and alcohol, and Jimmy (Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie), an artistic First Nations student. The film's cast also includes Irlande Côté as Mylia's younger sister Camille, and Noémie Godin-Vigneau and Robin Aubert as their parents. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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