In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his guide. When the boy contracts tuberculosis, Walter flies him to a Montreal hospital, where Avik meets Albertine and is infatuated. A decade later, a grown Avik encounters Albertine again in London, where he's serving as a British combat pilot. Despite her relationship with Walter, she and Avik begin an affair.
Jason Scott Lee
as Avik
Robert Joamie
as Young Avik
Anne Parillaud
as Albertine
Annie Galipeau
as Young Albertine
Patrick Bergin
as Walter Russell
Clotilde Courau
as Rainee
John Cusack
as The Mapmaker
Jeanne Moreau
as Sister Banville
Ben Mendelsohn
as Farmboy
Jerry Snell
as Boleslaw
Jayko Pitseolak
as Avik's Grandmother
Matt Holland
as Flight Navigator
