all the winter that have be be a compelling story and base on the novel write by evan maxwell . it be divide in two part and each contain a strong message . in the first part and agent dane corvin ( richard chamberlain ) be pose a a businessman interested in buy fish illegally catch by member of the swinomish indian tribal community . a law pass to limit fishing and protect fish resource in the area make it impossible for this community to continue live from their traditional salmon and shellfish fishery anymore if they do not resort to poach . so although it be true that the swinomish violate the law on fishing and this law do not take into account the fact that they have always make a live out of fishing and can not survive without . dane corvin and who fall in love with the half swinomish and half irish hannah ( karen allen ) and understand the plight of the swinomish but fail to postpone the operation . the arrest of hannah brother put an end to dane and hannah relationship leave both character deeply hurt . the second part start when 20 year later dane corvin come back to the area to visit his die uncle ( hal holbrook ) whose last wish be to bring dane and hannah together again . dane who have be hurt and miss hannah for 20 year have take refuge in his loneliness that keep him most of the time in alaska for preservation campaign in favor of bear and wolf . hannah who have become an important artist and whose art contribute to the development and wellbeing of the swinomish community and have move on with her life and her secret . hannah unconsciously have forgive dane but circumstance prevent her from verbalize her forgiveness . she have to meet dane again in order to listen to her heart and accept her love for him and tell him her secret . it be now dane turn to find in his heart and soul how to reconcile all the element of his shattered life and so make forgiveness and love the main message of the second part of the movie . the great director and lamont johnson and ( who direct richard chamberlain in several episode of dr kildare in the early 60 and in wallenberg in 1985 ) succeed in make a movie with a quick sequence of scene that follow each other very smoothly but allow at the same time the actor to make great performance and fully take advantage of the dialog that sound in some instance like a theater play . richard chamberlain and karen allen and hal holbrook be magnificent and sober intensity be the key word for their acting in a movie that ally hard fact of life with tenderness and romance and love and forgiveness . beautiful location in british columbia and excellent lighting and photography you really feel the cut touch of the crisp air blow from the bright blue sea and you smell the fresh fragrance of the dark green spruce be added reason why i like to watch and re watch this movie . the sunset light that embrace with it magic aura dane stand on the porch briefly remind a scene of marcel camus renowned orfeo negro of 1959 .