This is a little British film just as World War II was ending. In this one, Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller, pitch perfect) is a middle class working girl who has big dreams and they are about to come true, she's off to marry a rich man (never shown on screen).
But her carefully laid plans are ruined when her travels to the Scottish island of Kiloran are derailed by gales of wind, forcing her to stay on a larger island where she falls in love with the owner of the island and naval man on leave, Torquil McNeil (Roger Livesey) who prefers the simpler things in life.
Joan is stubborn and beyond headstrong, determined to get what she wants, what she has spent her whole life trying to get, even risking her own life along with the innocent others to get it, only to have her plans thwarted by the uncompromising weather, but in the end, she picks love and a life with less money.
The film is also filled with some odd Scottish legends and lore, but should be enjoyed for the simplicity of the story and excellence of the performances, even from the minor, unique characters and the transitions between scenes are something to be admired. I do wish they had subtitled the Gaelic phrases, but still, this is a great film with brilliant camera work. Grade: B+
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