The desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and an American painter, against the will of her father. Amid this man-made tension comes a hurricane so devastating, the lives of the lovers and the entire island are imperiled.
Set in American Samoa in the 1920s, the daughter (Mia Farrow) of the US naval governor (Jason Robards) falls in love with the young High Chief (Dayton Ka'ne). Their romance is set against the distain the Americans have for the natives, and a massive storm
