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Bookmark this pageWhen the North Wind Blows (1974)
Director: Stewart Raffill
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From Time Out Film Guide
There is a distant place in north Alaska, far from where the caribou roam. Here a man is judged by his strength, not by how many books he has read. A man like Avacum (Brandon), who accidentally shoots the son of his best friend, Boris the storekeeper. Fleeing to the wilds, Avacum makes a new friend - the tigress who has been terrorising the village. They protect each other, she has a pair of cubs, he adopts them when mother is gunned down by anti-conservationists. Avacum survives a year of hardship, finally turning his back on so-called civilisation. The question remains: who got the tigress pregnant? In other words, an overbearingly solemn slice of life-in-the-raw, whose often beautiful photography is let down by the Woody Allen-ish character of the peasantry involved. Some interest is kept going by the spectacle of large tigers on the attack and at play. It's a long winter, though.Author: AN
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- Jim said...
- Posted on Oct 28 2008 20:11 Fantastic scenery. I wish Paramount would release it for DVD. I cannot find it anywhere
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- pauy said...
- Posted on Jan 26 2008 00:01 human of heart and soul
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Cast & crew
Director: Stewart Raffill
Producer: Joseph Raffill, Stewart Raffill
Cast: Henry Brandon, Herbert Nelson, Dan Haggerty, Henry Olek, Sander Johnson full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 113 mins
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