When a young MÔetis woman is the victim of a violent attack, the repercussions are felt throughout the community of Winnipeg's North End. Police in charge of the investigation, family, friends and acquaintances see their certainties shaken as the thread of events becomes clearer. Between the women who take turns at the adolescent girl's bedside and those who wander in the shadows, outside, powerful links are emerging, sketching the portrait of a fragmented identity. The voices of each gain momentum, until the broken line of their destinies comes to form a family tree with roots deeply anchored in the territory of Manitoba.