Basil leaves his family on Boxing Day to pursue a lucrative property deal in Colorado and he hires local chauffeur Nick to drive him into the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The men's backgrounds are as different as their points of view: Basil, the shrewd and abrupt American businessman pitched against his charming and recently divorced English driver. But as the evening sets in, the growing menace of the elements leaves the men with no choice but to work together if they are to survive the night. An atmospheric, contemporary interpretation of Tolstoy's novella "Master and Man", follows Ivansxtc and The Kreutzer Sonata as the third film in Bernard Rose's series of Tolstoy adaptations.