Rating: R
Genre:
Mystery
Release Date: 01/28/2003
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 99 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Strong Sexual Content, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Lions Gate
In remote Canada in the middle of the 19th century, 16-year-old
Annie (
Caroline Dhavernas) is taken from an orphanage by
Simon (
Brendan Fehr), a young Scot who needs a bride to help him settle his rural homestead. Upon arriving at the land
Annie finds the cabin is only partially built -- they'll have to live in a tent -- and
Simon's brother
George (
Corey Sevier) will also live there. As it happens,
Simon proves to be a selfish, drunken brute who sexually abuses his young bride;
George, a gentleman with an intellectual bent, can't stand to see the hateful treatment
Annie undergoes at the hand of his brother -- because he's fallen in love with her. So when
George returns from a hunting trip with
Simon's dead body wrapped in a blanket, it doesn't look good and
Annie panics even though
George insists the death was an accident. A local constable,
James Mullen (
Paul Johansson), begins investigating after locking up
Annie for safekeeping.
~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
