The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the responsibility of a six-man Evacuation Committee to relocate the townsfolk to higher ground. Most have duly departed, but a few stubborn stragglers remain β among them a priest caring for a sickly orphan, a boy whose fevered visions are leading him to believe he is a member of a roaming band of lost angels desperately searching for a way home.

James Woods
as Walter O'Brien

Nick Nolte
as Father Harlan

Claire Forlani
as Mrs. Hadfield

Daryl Hannah
as Flower Hercules

Douglas Sebern
as Mayor

Ben Foster
as Cod

Anthony Edwards
as Happy

Duel Farnes
as Irwin

Mark Polish
as Willis O'Brien

Peter Coyote
as Eddie