Back in Canada after an exile of over 20 years in Africa, Norbert a one time hood and revolutionist now turned humanitarian wishes only to return to Africa. Stuck amidst the red tape bureaucrats of Canadian immigration, he hopes to find exile by way of cargo boat. Before his departure he meets a young delinquent boy, named Christopher, who insists that Norbert finds a refuge for the Capuchin monkey he must abandon before taking his trip back home. Christopher convinces Norbert to place Trotsky, the monkey, at the local zoo and then drop him off at his mother's home near Quebec City, where Norbert will take the cargo boat that left without him back in Montreal.

A Cargo to Africa

After briefly considering hanging up his hat, singer-songwriter Stephen Cassonade Faulkner decides to tour again with a young group led by musician Carl Prevost. This urban cowboy and timeless independent artist, who has always followed his own uncompromising path whatever the consequences, takes us along with him on the road between Quebec City and Gaspesie, Abitibi and Montreal. We watch rehearsals and shows and are privy to grand plans and disappointments. Glass of brandy and cigarette in hand, the iconoclastic singer, who is not a man to mince words, lets us know through this film that no matter what, against all odds, he's coming back.