Directed by Michael Mann, The Last of the Mohicans is an epic historical drama set during the French and Indian War in 1757. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Hawkeye, a white man adopted by the last members of a dying Mohican tribe. The film tells a story of love, survival, and the conflict between the British, French, and Native American forces. Hawkeye finds himself caught between his loyalty to his adoptive family and his love for Cora Munro (Madeleine Stowe), the daughter of a British colonel.