An Alaskan youth goes hunting and falls into the hands of the Iniquisition, whose brutal methods ironically help him discover his faith. Based on a true story.

Okay, but Northern California isn't Alaska and far from it.

And why would a mere kid be subject to the Inquisition rather than, say, the standard m.o. of conversion at the point of a sword?

>>the goal shifts in the second act from a physical hunt to a spiritual one

Wouldn't his 2nd act objective goal be to escape and get back to his family and tribe?

Okay, but Northern California isn't Alaska and far from it.

And why would a mere kid be subject to the Inquisition rather than, say, the standard m.o. of conversion at the point of a sword?

>>the goal shifts in the second act from a physical hunt to a spiritual one

Wouldn't his 2nd act objective goal be to escape and get back to his family and tribe?

Around 1815, the Russians and Spanish were competing for Northern California and the sealskin trade there. It's true that the goal shifts in the second act from a physical hunt to a spiritual one as the conflict becomes about faith, not just seals.