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A mix of documentary and fiction, Norman Winther is one of the last trappers to live in harmony with the majestic Rocky Mountains. With his wife, Nebaska, a Nahanni Indian, and his faithful sled dogs, Norman takes us on a discovery of another world ruled by the seasons. Hikes through frozen winter, travels down stormy rivers, and attacks by grizzlies and wolves are all part of a trapper's daily life. 

This is not a work of fiction, nor is it a documentary. "The Last Trapper" is a film intended to draw spectators into the world of a real-life character by showing him experience - and sometimes re-enact - various moments and selected episodes of his life. A camera crew followed Norman and his companion, a Nahanni Indian woman, along their trap line, filming them as they built their log cabin, hunted, and fished. The crew virtually lived with them, shooting on-the-spot footage that ultimately formed the film's context, giving it a uniqueness and power all its own. Norman and Nebaska take us into an exceptional realm where words are no match for the forceful blizzard gusts, where the layer of ice crystals coating their is so think they are unable to speak... We are plunged into a primal world to undertake a journey of initiation and come into contact with a way of thinking that links the sacred to the euphoric. The crew spent an entire year in the bush with Norman, working to capture real-life moments when he played his best role: himself. To round out the film's narrative, re-enactments of some of the most compelling events in Norman's life have been added. The purpose of the following synopsis is to describe some of these scenes and the way they are interconnected. They make up the film's underlying structure and basic storyline, the framework that allows the rest of the sequences to fall into place naturally.