A white lawyer finds his values shaken when he is paired with an angry Indigenous activist who insists on kidnapping the head of a logging company to teach him the price of his destruction.
Acting
Graham Greene's unhinged monologue about the 'price of destruction.'
Direction
Bugajski turns Canadian wilderness into claustrophobic dread machine.
Writing
The lawyer's gradual unraveling — moral certainty dissolving scene by scene.
Director
Ryszard Bugajski
Ron Lea
Peter Maguire
Graham Greene
Arthur
Michael Hogan
Bud Rickets
Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Wilf Redwing
Rebecca Jenkins
Female Reporter
Tom Jackson
Tom Starblanket
Raoul Max Trujillo
Eugene
Michael Millar
News Cameraman #1
Steve Mousseau
Nasty Cop
John Boylan
Bud's Lawyer
Dee McCafferty
Guide
Michael J. Reynolds
Hunter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on M.T. Kelly's novel 'A Dream Like Mine,' the film was controversial upon release for its unflinching portrayal of Indigenous rage — Greene later called it one of his most demanding roles.
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