MARIE
GUYART-MARTIN

Denis Boivin

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[Marie Guyart-Martin] - [Main characters] - [Other characters]

TOURANGEAU

Enigmatic character, inspired by the explorer Médart Chouart des Groseillers, Tourangeau becomes a trapper. He is, in France, a protegé of Marie Guyart. A Huguenot, he falls in love with Sokotis, who refuses him for another destiny. Hungry for vengeance, he will eventually join the English.

GOVERNOR BOUCHER

The Jesuits wish to establish an inter-breeding scheme, and it is expressly for the governor that they introduce "the catholic catechism marriage preparation" to the young Sokotis. His young wife and baby both die in childbirth.

Commanding officer of the famous Carignan regiment, he is a little over fifty years old when he meets Marie Guyard (1663-65). They already know each other by reputation. He just arrives from a triumphant battle in Turkey, and she is famous because of journalistic chronicles in the newspaper Relations des Jésuites. They are captivated by one another, and have mutual respect for each other. This commanding officer has much to offer to the Ursulines, whose courage he admires. In addition to other things, they owe to him the construction of the chapel. His presence is comforting, which will help to create an enormous contrast to his successor, the intendant, Talon.

Characterized in the screenplay as disciplined and harsh in his governing, with him comes the total disillusion of the early paradise that our heroine wanted to construct. He is young, ambitious, dynamic, and resolutely centered toward the future.

RAGUENEAU

Ragueneau was the only Jesuit to survive the Huron massacre by the Iroquois. This character is thus strong, but also scarred. He had lost two or three fingers and even been partially scalped … depicted by a pronounced scar on his head. He plays the role of spiritual guide to Marie in Canada.

MAMMA WENDAT

Contemporary character. Fifty years old and in very good physical shape, tall and thin, with Wendat features and traditional clothing that leave no doubt about her origin : she is a modern Huron-Wendat woman. Her hands are delicate and adorned with rings. This grandmother talks and acts with assurance as much when she tells stories to her granddaughter as when she turns the pages of old books to read. She easily feeds the fire of a bivouac out of habit. Her black eyes, nearly slitted, reflect her calm to all those who look at her.

GRANDDAUGHTER WENDAT " Brindille " (Marie Sioui)

Contemporary character. Seven or eight years old, also typically Wendat. Pretty and round like the majority of natives. She speaks French distinctly without the usual native sing-song accent typical of the Montagnais (Innus). Her French is that of Quebec. As several of these little girls have, she also has a nickname. Hers is "  Brindille ", like the kindling used to start the fire at which she loves to stare. Very curious and playful, Brindille, having the greatest of admiration for her grandmother, is always receptive to her.