Pathfinder

Nominated for an Oscar as Best Foreign-Language film in 1987, PATHFINDER provides a rousingly old-fashioned good time. Norwegian director Nils Gaup has a real talent for straightforward, soul-stirring action, a gift that has already landed him employment at Disney Studios. In the 10th century, on the frozen plains of Lapland, in the northernmost part of Norway, a peaceful tribe of families is menaced by nomadic savages called the Tchude. Sixteen-year-old Aigin (Mikkel Gaup) returns from a solo hunting trip to witness his parents and little sister being murdered by this savage band. He is wounded by a Tchude crossbow, but manages to escape on a single ski to a neighb...