In the 1930s, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northern Quebec.

Lou Diamond Phillips
as Agaguk

Toshirō Mifune
as Kroomak

Jennifer Tilly
as Igiyook

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
as Brown

Donald Sutherland
as Henderson

Nicholas Campbell
as Scott

Raoul Max Trujillo
as Big Tooth

Qalingo Tookalak
as Tulugak

Jobie Arnaituk
as Nayalik

Tamussie Sivuarapik
as Korok