A Windigo Tale
2010 · Movie · 92 min. · Canada
Two stories woven together, one profoundly affecting the other. A Native Canadian grandfather drives north accompanied by his grandson, a youth-at-risk, who comes to learn about the dark secrets of his family and community: in an isolated village an estranged mother and daughter must reunite to exorcise the voracious Windigo spirit tied to a painful past. Taking its inspiration from Ojibway spirituality and from the history of the residential school system, where generations of children were forcibly taken from their families and aggressively assimilated into Euro-Canadian society.
Direction Armand Garnet Ruffo
Cast Andrea Menard · Elliot Simon · Annie Murphy · Gary Farmer · Lee Maracle · Brandon Oakes · Jon-Paul Khouri · Jani Lauzon · David Gardner · Philip Riccio · Tina Louise Bomberry · Margaret Lamarre · Pamela Matthews
Soundtrack Ian Tamblyn
Screenplay Armand Garnet Ruffo
Cinematography Shane Belcourt · Don Purser
Original title A Windigo Tale
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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