In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single in her small Cape Breton island town. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you can't avoid the spectre of the pit forever.

• imX Communications
• Téléfilm Canada
• Helena Bonham Carter
• Clive Russell
• Craig Olejnik
• Kate Nelligan
• Kenneth Welsh
• Andrea Morris
• Paul Young