Elie, a young woman from the city, has come to a remote North Atlantic island. It's the spring thaw, and she is here to convalesce and get to know the community. The annual seal hunt is in full swing, and Elie feels both drawn to and repelled by the men engaged in it. In this isolated world, people's lives and deaths a…

一个叫埃利（伊夫林·布洛初饰）的女人在冬天驱车来到了冰天雪地的北大西洋岛，旅店的女老板对她举行了热忱的欢迎，女老板帮她收拾好房间，问她为何在冬天来到这里，埃利回答说为了休假。埃利在酒店安置下来后来到便当店遴选了几样生存用品，自意向售货员毛遂自荐，但售货员只是礼貌的向她笑笑，机械的回答了她的问题。埃利在岛上见识到了平易近…