Summary
Set against the jagged, indifferent majesty of the Canadian Rockies, 'Canada's Mountain of Tears' unfolds as a harrowing tapestry of human frailty and geological permanence. The narrative centers on Alistair Macleod, a weary surveyor whose ambition to bridge the continental divide through a treacherous rail pass leads to a collision with both his own moral failings and the primordial spirits of the range. As the winter frost tightens its grip, the camp becomes a pressure cooker of escalating paranoia and existential dread. The film meticulously tracks the slow erosion of the men's sanity, mirrored by the literal instability of the shale cliffs looming above. It is a story where the landscape is not merely a backdrop but an active, vengeful protagonist, eventually culminating in a catastrophic landslide that serves as both a physical burial and a metaphysical purification. The plot eschews traditional heroism, favoring a grim, naturalistic exploration of how the wilderness strips away the veneer of civilization, leaving only the raw, weeping marrow of the human condition.
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