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AUTUMN | WINTER 2019
SCHOOLS/FILM
The Colony aka
Une Colonie
Tuesday 05 November
When one of the popular girls at her new
school invites Mylia (Emilie Bierre), over to help
with her homework, she cautiously takes it as
an opening. Insecure, in a new town and with
few other offers, Mylia has to evaluate how
much she’s willing to sacrifice for social
inclusion.
‘A Colony’ begins, rather bleakly, with a group
of hens pecking one of their own – a weaker
one - to death. Mylia explains the incident to
her precocious younger sister Camille (Irlande
Côté), saying that it's the natural order for the
strong to pick off the weak. Mylia has
internalised a history of being bullied and that
could happen again in her new school. But she
finds some comfort in her bond with Jimmy
(Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie), an artsy outcast
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who lives with his grandmother on a local
Indigenous reserve.
The film looks to tackle the notion of belonging
– Mylia as a newcomer to the town and Jimmy
as a member of a First Nation community
whose history as a group colonised by
Europeans, also has his sense of belonging
challenged.
The performances are all impeccable and the
depiction of high school is every bit as grim,
embarrassing and just plain realistic as
intended.
‘A convincing young cast breathes life into an
anxious age’.- Hollywood Reporter
Dir. GeNeviève DuluDe-De celles/caNaDa/
2018/102 miN
For TraNsiTioN year (Ty)/seNior cycle (FreNch)
Time 10.30 am Price: €5
PreseNTeD as ParT oF The irish Film iNsTiTuTe
schools ProGramme