

The tragic life of a widow who has buried three husbands. Cast out by her fellow villagers and in search of shelter for the winter, she pretends to have the mystical powers to ward off disease and exorcise evil spirits, thereby obtaining a residence. But then her fraudulent claims unexpectedly become real, and she becomes a true shaman...
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Released
Original Language
ZH
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 – 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.