Credits
Directed by Corey Payette
Written by Julie McIsaac and Corey Payette
Cast
Julie McIsaac as Marie-Jeanne Lespérance
Kaitlyn Yott as Kateri
Raes Calvert as Jean-Baptiste
Filles: Lisa Goebel, Chelsea Rose, Kayla Dunbar, Cecilly Day, Merewyn Comeau, Synthia Yusuf
Madam Savoie: Claire Johnstone
Clarke: Sean Patrick Sonier
Clan Mother: Chelsea Rose
Priest: Andrew Wheeler
Nun: Jennifer Lines
Sailor/Soldier/Farmer: Nathan Kay, Jason Sakaki, Victor Dolhai, Oliver Castillo
Women of the Longhouse: Quelemia Sparrow, Michelle Bardach, Asivak Koostachin
Mother: Cathay Wilmot, Sue Newman, Laura Di Cicco
New Filles: Laura Ross, Pippa Mackie, Cate Richardson
Creative Team
Executive Producer: Julie MsIsaac
Executive Producer: Corey Payette
Executive Producer: Melissa Tsang
Producer: Garrett VanDusen
Associate Producer: Marijka Asbeek Brusse
Associate Producer: Jayce Barreiro
1st AD: Iman Javadi
2nd AD: Rob Guthrie
Script Supervisor: Shay Scholes
DOP: Ian Mrozewski
DOP: Parham Banafsheh
1st AC: Sam Lin
2nd AC: Ross Branch
Grip: Elis Fowler
Drone Operator: Cassandra Cross
Production Designer: Anna Shearing
Set Decorator: Stephanie Lafreniere
Set Decorator Assistant: Maria Alejandra Molano Beltran
Property Master: Maria A. Molano
Set Dresser: Hennadee Wilkie
Costume Coordinator: Alaia Hamer
Assistant Costume Coordinator: Donne Tejani
Hair & Makeup Artist: Alison Jeffreys
Hair & Makeup Artist: Kaeko Fujiyana
Fight Coordinator: Mike Kovac
Water Stunt Coordinator: Shaun McGee
Intimacy Coordinator: Lisa Geobel
Lighting/Technical Director: Jeff Harrison
Key Grip: Lisa Ouabbache
Gaffer: Nikolas Bradfield
LX: Vivek Nipani
Sound Editor: Yegor Irodov
Sound Mixer: Derek L’Hirondelle
Re-recording Mixer: Doug Paterson
Craft Services Coordinator: Reine Wong
First Aid: Mike Kovac
Transport Coordinator: Marijka Asbeek Brusse
Locations Manager: Garrett VanDusen
Locations Manager: Dylan Kacho
Production Assistant: Jessica Pleich
Production Assistant: Jaela Kacho
Production Assistant: Liam Ducharme
Production Assistant: Corey Murguly
Urban Ink Operations Manager: Amy Cornish
Urban Ink is making their cutting-edge, award-winning Canadian musical, Les Filles du Roi, by Corey Payette and Julie McIsaac, into a gorgeous trilingual musical film written in English, French and Kanien’Kéha (Mohawk) to be screened at The Cultch in 2022. The original theatre production premiered on stage in 2018 to glowing reviews. Critics called it “a work of monumental importance”, “heartfelt, ambitious and tremendously earnest”, “musically rich”, “ a linguistic adventure”, and a “sumptuous reimagining of our history”. A deeply moving and unique work, this story is a perfect vehicle that uncovers a perspective different from the one told by Settler culture, one that redefines the Canadian narrative. Now beautifully shot with Payette’s directorial panache, the work will have a broader reach for people to reimagine our history in more inclusive and accurate ways.
Les Filles du Roi (The King’s Daughters) is the powerful story of a young girl, Kateri and her brother Jean-Baptiste whose lives are disrupted upon the arrival of les filles du roi in ‘New France’ (now Montreal) in 1665. They forge an unlikely relationship with the young fille Marie-Jean Lespérance – whose dream of a new life is more complicated than she could have imagined. Over the course of a year, Mohawk, French and English journeys collide, setting the stage for the Canada we know today.