[1] It was the first of two movies Cox made based on the novels of E.L. Grant Watson, the other being Exile.
In the 1940s, two outlaw brothers kidnap their wealthy 14-year-old second cousin, but things get complicated when her chaperoning nun refuses to abandon her charge.
"[5] Film rights were bought by Paul Cox, who read the novel while making Island in Greece.
[6][7][8] Cox said the book "fitted very closely with this whole idea of trying to find the balance between the inner and outer.
The film went straight to video, though it had a small theatrical release in Canada thanks to Alliance.
But it gave me enormous satisfaction because the finished film is very nicely tuned, minimal when you look at the way it's crafted...
[12]Variety wrote "Dobrowolska and Haywood give their usual standout performances.