Metro Cinema Society: Marie-Anne

Marie-Anne

Canada 1978, 88 min, Dir: Martin Walters
Producer: Fil Fraser

This is the story of Marie-Anne Gaboury, the first white woman to live in Canada's west. She moved to Fort Edmonton with her husband, fur trader Jean-Baptiste Lagemodière (John Juliani, who later directed Latitude 55º); she spent many years there and in Red River, and ultimately became the grandmother of Louis Riel. The film follows Marie-Anne (Andrée Pelletier) through her first year at Fort Edmonton, struggling to forge a place for herself at the rough fort. The fort's factor is concerned about the impact of settlers on the fur trade, the traders are enthralled by the presence of a white woman - and two of the local Cree have taken a special interest in her: Chief Many Horses (Gordon Tootoosis), and Jean-Baptiste's jilted lover Tantou (the feature film debut of the excellent Tantoo Cardinal).

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