| Release Date: | Oct 1991 |
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| Genres: | History / Drama / Adventure |
| Awards: | 10 wins & 13 nominations |
| Cast: | Lothaire Bluteau (Father Laforgue), Aden Young (Daniel), Sandrine Holt (Annuka), August Schellenberg (Chomina), Tantoo Cardinal (Chomina's Wife), Billy Two Rivers (Ougebmat), Lawrence Bayne (Neehatin), Harrison Liu (Awondoie), Wesley Cote (Oujita), Frank Wilson (Father Jerome), François Tassé (Father Bourque), Jean Brousseau (Champlain), Yvan Labelle (Mestigoit), Raoul Trujillo (Kiotseaton), James Bobbish (Ondesson) |
In the 17th century a Jesuit priest and a young companion are escorted through the wilderness of Quebec by Algonquin Indians to find a distant mission in the dead of winter. The Jesuit experiences a spiritual journey while his young companion falls in love with the Algonquin chief's beautiful daughter underneath the imposing and magnificent mountains. Dread and death follows them upriver.
