Dorothée Gauthier-Nolett

In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her daily life of household chores is bleak and alienating. The encounter with a young girl she presumes to be her child will give her motivation to undertake radical actions.

Tired of her parents' constant arguments, 12-year-old Justine and her friends do everything they can to make them divorce.