A woman is driven from her homeland and forced to live an isolated existence with her adopted daughter in the Arctic wilderness. However, their endless solitude is broken when a wounded soldier appears one day from nowhere. The women take him back to their tent - but the newcomer sows seeds of discord, stirring up conflict between the two women. Drama, with Michelle Yeoh, Sean Bean and Michelle Krusiec.

In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all who become involved with her. Saiva is cast out of her tribe of herders and grows up to live a nomadic existence with Anja, a young woman she adopts as an infant. Then Loki, an injured and starving soldier, stumbles into their isolated lives. The women nurse him back to health, but treachery, violence and doom await them all.