Mesnak

After getting a puzzling message from his biological mother, Dave returns from Montreal to the reservation from which he was adopted at the age of three. Instead of a happy reunion, Dave finds himself caught in a web of secrets, lies and past choices; this puts his identity to the test. An intensive film by Yves Sioui Durand, a Huron director, set in an Innu community in Quebec. The work is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet but based on a play written by Durand. From 1984 on, Durand has been creating theatre that is based on indigenous traditions. (Skábmagovat-elokuvajuhla)