"Aventures dans le Grand Nord"
Bari (1994)

Director:

Arnaud Sélignac

Writers:

James Oliver Curwood (novel)
Jonathan Hales (writer)

TV Series:

"Aventures dans le Grand Nord" (1994)

Original Air Date:

30 December 1994 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

A Native American woman (Neve Campbell) flees from an obsessive fur trader (Lorne Brass) who stalks her across the wilds of 1800's North America...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Jeff Fahey	...	Paul
Jacques Weber	...	Pierre
Lorne Brass	...	Taggart
Neve Campbell	...	Nepeese
Geneviève Rochette	...	Marie
Billy Two Rivers	...	Broken Foot
Dana Williams	...	Indian #1
Richard Diabo-Karolakta	...	Indian #2

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

France | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Astralcolor)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Company:

Cinévidéo Plus

Lot's of Potential

Neve is SO gorgeous here but the plot tries too hard and includes so much history and preaching it is a lot like a history film like we used to have to watch in the AV room in school.

Not for the very young because of seedy violence and teens won't like the preachyness, so definitely adult fare.

****SPOILERS***** My guess is the makers didn't quite reason out who the audience was they were trying to reach. It is a way too brutal film to get any pleasure out of it since it contains scenes where small-pox wipes out ALL the Indians, a brutal BAD white man that captures ALL the clinches of the evil that the white man brought on this land.

Then there are Disney film type animal action sequences with peril from a big bear and of course the wolf, dog, and nature scenes are nice.

5/10