Ace High

In the frostbitten expanse of a remote Canadian frontier, Annette’s discovery of a cradle in the snow—a cradle cradling a newborn beside her lifeless mother—ignites a narrative of haunting duality. Baptiste Dupre, a stoic woodsman, and his wife extend reluctant refuge to the child, entwining their fates with Annette in a fragile domesticity. Yet the serenity of their existence is shattered by a sheriff whose obsession with Annette curdles into menace, compelling Jean Rivard, a stalwart Mountie (Tom Mix), to navigate moral and physical peril to extract her from a gilded cage of manipulation. Lynn Reynolds’ script unfolds with the taut pacing of a fable, where innocence and corruption collide under a sky of unyielding white, evoking echoes of 'The Foundling' in its exploration of orphaned vulnerability and 'An Alpine Tragedy' in its stark, elemental landscapes.