A story that highlights the heroism of older women; Emma Thompson’s Barb channels the blunt good sense and resourcefulness of Marge Gunderson in Fargo.
A widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota on a very special ice fishing trip, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realises that she is the young girl's only hope. With gorgeous cinematography (the film was shot in Finland), Barb’s quest is to find a way out of a desperate and deadly situation with only scant means and her initiative at her disposal.
