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A young priest is sent by his bishop 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. Among these vanishing Indians, Mark Brian learns enough of the meaning of life not to fear death. Through is faith and humanity, he becomes part of the village, of the Indians themselves, and witness to their rituals and beliefs and the gradual destruction of a culture. Then, on a cold winter evening, when he hears the owl in the forest call his name, he understands what is going to happen.
【YVR-theque】三星半。加拿大如今在原著居民政策上走的较远，但现在的政策完全不能弥补过往的伤害。在影视表现上，温哥华/英属哥伦比亚省因地缘因素诞生了很多原著居民题材的电影，本片也不意外。那时候的Tom Courtenay虽然已威尼斯封底，奥斯卡提名，但眼眸中仍有着年轻人的那份天真，非常适合传教者的身份设定。在故事上显得波澜不惊，实际上却暗潮汹涌：这种看似平淡，弱化冲突（几乎所有的冲突都被“漫不经心”的对话和往复循环的配乐带过来）的方式反而巧妙的契合了小说和电影本身题材想营造的人与自然之间的关系。观众在不知不觉中就经历了一个半小时的洗礼，仿佛什么都没发生，却又发生了很多。导演也毫不避讳用white-men world等直白的词把时代的烙印留在影像里。如果能把和老师冲突的戏也减掉就更好了，风格更为统一动人。最后，景真美！！！