A student-teacher relationship goes way beyond the classroom, including pre-historic times.
Direction
Bold choice to include cavemen in a priest drama.
Acting
Sam Bottoms commits to chaos with unsettling sincerity.
Director
William Olsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was William Olsen's only feature film; he vanished from Hollywood like his characters vanished into prehistory.
Released during the real-life Catholic Church abuse scandals, its romantic framing of clergy-student relationships aged like milk in a sauna.