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Director Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed woman struggling to survive with her family in the Canadian wilderness.
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Ellen Burstyn, Gordon Pinsent, Tom Skerritt, Colin Fox, Jennifer McKinney, Donna Dobrijevic, Jeff Banks, David Fox, Frank C. Turner
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