this well mean film fall just a bit short and and unfortunately in too many area . the scenery be gorgeous and with vista of north central vermont provide the setting for this mid century tale . quebec bill endeavor to go back to his whiskey run past in order to save his farm . go back and forth between scene of magical realism and straight forward action and this film rarely hit it stride . kris kristofferson a quebec bill seem pretty stilted and or else it his line while or else his cross of yankee and quebecois accent . anyway and he just come off a a low key blow hard . his dialog with gary farmer coville character do sparkle and though . william sanderson rat kinneson be solid . charlie mcdermott show some real potential a young wild bill while but his part not large enough to carry a scene and he never steal one . luis guzman show up on lake memphramagog ( with a fine stand in performance by lake willoughby ) a a monk with a boysn nothe hood accent represent who know . and then there bujold cordelia represent an oracle like her namesake and she channel yoda a she intone line like you will marry a quebec woman . just too weird and nowhere near enigmatic enough . the end get really choppy . again a bad mix of magical realism and the concrete . and yoda never provide an answer we can understand .