The first feature film written and directed by an indigenous filmmaker from Quebec,"Le premier film innu de langue française Mesnak". Le Téléjournal, February 16, 2012. the film stars Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon as Dave, a young man of Innu origin who was adopted by parents who raised him with no connection to his First Nations heritage. He receives an unexpected invitation to return home to his birthplace, only to learn that he was invited because his birth mother Gertrude (Kathia Rock) is about to marry Claude (Marco Collin), the corrupt band chief who is taking kickbacks from a forestry company to support a logging development on the band's land.Brendan Kelly, "Director's good intentions go awry; Aboriginal film; Heavy-handed approach to issue of corruption". Montreal Gazette, February 17, 2012. Meanwhile, he befriends Osalic (Ève Ringuette), a young woman in the community who is being victimized by sexual abuse, and tries to help her achieve her dream of escaping the community for a better life.Guillaume Fournier, "Mesnak : Lutte et résistance". Voir, February 16, 2012.
