En una ciudad haitiana, la vida pacífica de Samuel se ve brutalmente alterada tras el secuestro de su padre periodista por parte del ejército. Obligado a huir, Samuel se embarca clandestinamente hacia Estados Unidos, donde espera encontrar a su madre, a quien le habían dicho que estaba muerta. De Miami a Montreal, pasando por Nueva York, su periplo está marcado por encuentros con personas que viven al margen de la sociedad norteamericana. Para darle sentido a su experiencia del mundo, Samuel se aferra al amor incondicional que siente por una madre a la que, sin embargo, nunca ha conocido.

*** «Cámara genial, atmósfera sulfurosa, sentido del relato interesante». – La Presse

Samuel’s peaceful life in a Haitian city is brutally disrupted when his journalist father gets kidnapped by the army. Forced to flee, Samuel secretly makes his way to the United States, where he hopes to find his mother, who had been presumed dead. Travelling from Miami to Montreal by way of New York, his journey is punctuated by encounters with people living on the fringes of North American society. Samuel is sustained throughout his journey by tapping into the unconditional love he feels for a mother he has never known.