In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.
Cinematography
Arctic expanse shot on location—bleak, beautiful, unforgiving.
Acting
Warren Oates at peak chaotic white guy energy.
Direction
Kaufman's first feature already knows how to build dread.
Director
Philip Kaufman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in the Canadian Arctic with an all-Inuit supporting cast, many of whom had never acted before.
Based on a true 1896 whaling disaster, but the novel and film were criticized for centering white perspectives—ironically mirroring the colonizers it depicts.
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