{{Short description|2021 Canadian thriller film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Inhuman | native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|L'Inhumain}} | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Jason Brennan | producer = Jason Brennan | writer = Jason Brennan | starring = Samian | music = | cinematography = François Dutil | editing = Amélie Labrèche | studio = Nish Media | distributor = Septième Écran | released = {{film date|2021|10|31|FCIAT}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = Canada | language = French, English | budget = }}
'''''The Inhuman''''' ({{langx|fr|L'Inhumain}}) is a Canadian psychological thriller film, directed by Jason Brennan and released in 2021.<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/inhumain-jason-brennan/ "Inhumain, L’ – Film de Jason Brennan"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 27, 2022.</ref> 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 for the first time in decades following his father's death.<ref>François Lévesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/704976/critique-cinema-l-inhumain-devore-de-l-interieur "«L'inhumain»: dévoré de l'intérieur"]. ''Le Devoir'', April 29, 2022.</ref>
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.<ref name=interieur>François Lévesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/644196/cinema-jason-brennan-et-l-horreur-interieure "Jason Brennan et l’horreur intérieure"]. ''Le Devoir'', November 1, 2021.</ref>
The film premiered on October 31, 2021, at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival,<ref name=interieur/> before going into commercial release in April 2022.<ref>Marc-André Lussier, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2022-04-29/l-inhumain/samian-avec-grace.php "Samian, avec grâce"]. ''La Presse'', April 29, 2022.</ref>
==Awards== The film was screened at the 2022 American Indian Film Festival, where Samian won the award for Best Actor and Brennan won the award for Best Director.<ref name=vimooz>[https://www.vimooz.com/2022/11/16/47th-american-indian-film-festival-award-winners-broken-angel/ "BROKEN ANGEL and POWERLANDS Win Top Awards at 2022 American Indian Film Festival"]. ''Vimooz'', November 16, 2022.</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|15094736}}
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