 Omi, a seven-year old East Indian boy is sent to Ottawa to live with his uncle due to his mother s illness back home. He has no father and unaware that his mother is likely to die, Omi believes that he is on a mission to find a hero to take back to India to save her. Omi connects emotionally with Roland, the captain of a local tour boat who in turn begins a romance with Safia, Omi s fiesty teenage cousin who is assigned to take care of him.