In a small, isolated outport on the northeast coast of Newfoundland toward the end of the nineteenth century – where nothing of note ever seems to happen - a woman is brutally attacked, and a murder-suicide is committed. The age old rift between young lovers of different religions becomes a challenge, one which is met head-on, and though it is overcome in a physical sense, it carries severe emotional consequences. A woman’s successful manipulation leads to an untimely death and a lifetime of hatred.