Along the northern reaches of New England's windswept coast, time and tide have carved the stone of the tall, menacing crags, at a non-pretentious little fishing village known as Cape Sharp. Here, men live by the grace of the elements and the yield of the sea. This is the land of the North Wind, and it's where Elsa has come to make her home, in search of her aunt who she has been told has taken residence at the resort there. However, on her arrival, she finds that things are not as she had imagined.