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In 1873 on Smutty Nose Island, a bleak island off the coast of New England, Louis Wagner is tried and hanged for the murder of two women. At the trial, the survivor of the murders, Norwegian immigrant Maren Hontvedt, recounts the events that led up to the murder of her sister and sister-in-law. In so doing, she reveals how she was caught in a loveless marriage and her repressed passion for her brother. Meanwhile, in the present-day, newspaper photographer Jean travels to the island off the New Hampshire coast with her husband Thomas, an award-winning poet, his brother Rich, and Richs girlfriend Adaline. She is researching the murders of the two immigrant women. In a twist of fate, she discovers archived papers that appear to give an account of the murders. According to the papers, Norwegian immigrant Maren Hontvedt, survived the attack, which was allegedly done by Louis Wagner, who had once tried to seduce her. The plot unfolds the narrative of the papers and Hontvedts testimony against Wagner that gets him hanged, even though she was the murderer, as Jean surmises. Jean privately struggles with jealousy as Adaline openly flirts with Thomas, who openly appreciates Adalines topless beauty, along with her interest in his work.
A newspaper photographer travels to a New Hampshire island with her husband, brother-in-law, and his girlfriend to investigate an 1873 axe-murder of two Norwegian women, in which she finds her own relationships paralleling those of a woman who survived the crime.
Catherine McCormack
Jean Janes
Sean Penn
Thomas Janes
Sarah Polley
Maren Hontvedt
Elizabeth Hurley
Adaline Gunne
Ciarán Hinds
Louis Wagner
Richard Donat
Mr. Plaisted
Ulrich Thomsen
John Hontvedt
Anders W. Berthelsen
Evan Christenson
Murdoch MacDonald
Bailiff
Joseph Rutten
Judge
John Walf
Defense Attorney
Katrin Cartlidge
Karen Christenson
Vinessa Shaw
Anethe Christenson
Adam Curry
Emil Ingerbretson
Josh Lucas
Rich Janes
John Maclaren
Dr. Parsons
Rita Kvist
Young Maren
Jan Tore Kristoffersen
Young Evan
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