''The Mother Eagle'' (french: Le Sang du pélican, lit. "The Blood of the Pelican") is a Canadian docudrama film, directed by Denis Boivin and released in 2020. The film blends historical reenactments of the life of
Marie of the Incarnation (Karen Elkin), an Ursuline nun in
New France who was instrumental in the founding of the historically significant Ursuline monastery in
Montreal, with a contemporary story in which she returns to earth in the 2010s to assist the contemporary nuns who are leaving the facility due to their advancing age.
[Léa Harvey]
"Le Sang du pélican: l’œuvre – trop? – foisonnante de Marie-de-l’Incarnation"
'' Le Soleil'', March 26, 2021.
The film's cast includes Louis Carrière, Karl-Patrice Dupuis, Marcel Godbout, Perrine Gruson,
Marie-Ginette Guay
Marie-Ginette Guay is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance as Lucette Simoneau in the film ''Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil)'', for which she was a Genie Award ...
,
Pierre Lebeau, Raymond Lemieux, David Noël, Suzanne Pineau and
Louise Portal
Louise Portal (born May 12, 1950) is a Canadian actress, film director, singer and writer. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ''The Decline of the American Empire'', and was a nominee for Best Actress for ...
.
The film had its theatrical premiere in October 2020, before opening commercially in March 2021.
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2020 films
2020 drama films
Canadian docudrama films
Quebec films
2020s French-language films
French-language Canadian films
2020s Canadian films
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