When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

Holly Hunter
Ada McGrath

Harvey Keitel
George Baines

Sam Neill
Alisdair Stewart

Anna Paquin
Flora McGrath

Cliff Curtis
Mana

Kerry Walker
Aunt Morag

Ian Mune
Reverend

Geneviève Lemon
Nessie
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Release Date
May 18, 1993
Runtime
2h 0m
Rating
R
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director