Set in the desolate, no-man’s land of Alaska, this quirky drama portrays the developing emotional bonds between two women of very different backgrounds. Singer k.d. lang plays an orphaned Eskimo who hides her/his gender beneath baggy layers of clothing and who develops and attraction for Roswitha, the local librarian of the town of Kotzebue. Roswitha (Rosel Zech) resists her affections: however, lang’s determined courting climaxes in a tremendous tease of a love scene – or not a love scene, as it were. This film is notable for the presence of k.d. lang and her accomplished score, featuring the theme song, "Barefoot".