Eva (Odessa Young), a 19th-century widow, is tasked with making an impossible choice when a ship sinks off the coast of her isolated fishing station in the middle of an extremely harsh winter. Eva and her crew must decide to either save the castaways or survive the winter with the last food left. Faced with the consequences of their choices and racked with guilt, the residents struggle with a growing sense of dread and come to believe that everyone is being punished for their choices.