Northern Quebec. Two inseparable friends grow up on a reserve in the Innu community. Mikuan lives with a loving family, and Shaniss tries to build herself despite a scorned childhood. Small, they promise to always stay together. But as they turn 17, their aspirations seem to drive them away: Shaniss starts a family, while Mikuan falls in love with a white man and dreams of leaving this reserve that has become too small for her ...