World War Two vet Art Kenning is an alcoholic first-aid man in an isolated sawmill village in the interior of B.C. Traumatized by an incident in Holland where he stood by as members of his unit committed a horrifying act, he loses himself in booze and memories of the love affair he had with a woman in wartime Paris. When one of the most powerful men at the mill arrives at his door late one evening to ask for his help, it will force Art to confront acts of evil in the present and the past, as well as the tragic consequences of his own inaction.