Young Priest Mark Brian (Sir Tom Courtenay) is sent by his Bishop (Dean Jagger) deep into the seacoast wilds of British Columbia to a parish of Kwakiutl Native Americans called Kingcome. The Tsawataineuk live in an inlet village and take their sustenance from the sea and from the forest. The Bishop has not told him this, but the Priest has only two years left to live. Amongst t...