| Restless River | |
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| French | La rivière sans repos |
| Directed by | Marie-Hélène Cousineau Madeline Ivalu |
| Written by | Marie-Hélène Cousineau Madeline Ivalu |
| Based on | Windflower (La rivière sans repos) by Gabrielle Roy |
| Produced by | Marie-Hélène Cousineau Madeline Ivalu Lucy Tulugarjuk |
| Starring | Malaya Qaunirq Chapman Magalie Lépine-Blondeau Patrick Hivon |
| Cinematography | Edith Labbé |
| Edited by | Michel Grou |
| Music by | Vanessa Marcoux |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Isuma |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English French Inuktitut |
Restless River (French: La rivière sans repos) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu and released in 2019.[1] An adaptation of Gabrielle Roy's 1970 novel Windflower (La rivière sans repos), the film stars Malaya Qaunirq Chapman as Elsa, a young Inuk woman in Kuujjuaq, Quebec in the 1940s who becomes a mother after being raped by an American soldier stationed at the town's military base, but whose resilience and strength carry her through her difficult circumstances.[2]
The film's cast also includes Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Patrick Hivon, Mark Antony Krupa, Tobie Pelletier, Taqraliq Partridge, Nick Serino, Etua Snowball and Matthew York. Ivalu also appears in a supporting role as Elsa's grandmother.[3]
The film premiered on October 12, 2019 at the Festival du nouveau cinéma.[4]