the film stars marianne farley as anna, a woman from montreal who once had a relationship with caleb, an inuk man from igloolik, nunavut; after learning of caleb's death, she takes their 14-year-old son tomas (lukasi forrest) on a trip to nunavut to learn more about his inuit heritage. sarah (ivalu), caleb's mother and tomas' grandmother, tries to keep the peace between anna and caleb's widow sheba (carol kunnuk), while tomas bonds with his half-brother travis (travis kunnuk) and anna begins to suspect that sheba's new boyfriend barrie (peter-henry arnatsiaq) may know more about caleb's death than he has admitted.