''The Inhuman'' (french: L'Inhumain) is a Canadian psychological thriller film, directed by
Jason Brennan
Jason F. Brennan (born 1979) is an American philosopher and business professor. He is currently the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at George ...
and released in 2021. Based on the
Algonquin legend of the
wendigo, the film stars
Samian as Mathieu, a successful but troubled neurosurgeon whose life is falling apart, who confronts a wendigo when he returns to his childhood home of
Kitigan Zibi
Kitigan Zibi (also known as River Desert, and designated as Maniwaki 18 until 1994) is a First Nations reserve of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, an Algonquin band. It is situated near the confluence of the Désert and Gatineau Rivers ...
for the first time in decades following his father's death.
The cast also includes Véronique Beaudet, Jeanne Roux-Côté, Sonia Vigneault, Julie Barbeau, Creed Commando, Phil Macho Commando, Andrew Dewache, Karl Farah, Lili Gagnon, Louis Gallant, Caroline Gelinas, Chloé Germentier, Richard Jutras, Neil Kroetsch, Pierre-Michel Le Breton,
Brittany LeBorgne and Angela McIlroy-Wagar.
According to Brennan, the film was meant to explore the idea, present in some but not all versions of wendigo mythology, that the wendigo is not so much a supernatural being as a personification of a person's own inner demons.
[François Lévesque]
"Jason Brennan et l’horreur intérieure"
'' Le Devoir'', November 1, 2021.
The film premiered on October 31, 2021, at the
Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival,
[ before going into commercial release in April 2022.][Marc-André Lussier]
"Samian, avec grâce"
'' La Presse'', April 29, 2022.
Awards
The film was screened at the 2022 American Indian Film Festival
The American Indian Film Festival is an annual non-profit film festival in San Francisco, California, United States. It is the world's oldest venue dedicated solely to Native American/First Nations films and prepared the way for the 1979 formati ...
, where Samian won the award for Best Actor and Brennan won the award for Best Director.["BROKEN ANGEL and POWERLANDS Win Top Awards at 2022 American Indian Film Festival"]
''Vimooz'', November 16, 2022.
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2021 films
2021 thriller films
Canadian thriller films
Films shot in Quebec
Films set in Quebec
Quebec films
First Nations films
French-language Canadian films
2020s Canadian films
Wendigos in popular culture
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