Academy Award winner Keith Carradine and Annette O'Toole head an outstanding cast in this gripping coming age survival saga in the tradition of "My Side of the Mountian". A colonial family seeks a new life in the uncharted Maine wilderness in 1768. Their hopes, dreams, and survival of as a family are put through the supreme test when they test Will, the father, is forced to leave their 13-year-old son Matt, alone to protect their claim while Will return home to retrieve the rest of his family and and their belongings. Matt is eager to prove he is not "just a boy", but the loneliness, the threat of Indians, a menacing frontiers man and harsh conditions. He meets a young Penobscot Indian. Their distrust and hatred slowy turns into a friendship that teaches Matt about survival, trust, understanding, and lolalty.The weeks pass into months, and winter aproaches with no sign of Matts family, who have been hit by hardships and tragedy, on their way to Maine. Matt must decide whether to wait for them as promised or take a shelter with his new indian friends.
