In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you can't avoid the spectre of the pit forever.
Helena Bonham Carter
as Margaret MacNeil
Clive Russell
as Neil Currie
Craig Olejnik
as Jimmy MacNeil
Kate Nelligan
as Catherine MacNeil
Kenneth Welsh
as Angus MacNeil
Andrea Morris
as Marilyn
Paul Young
as Doctor 1
