In the mid-1970s, Rico, a 9-year-old Haitian boy, was brutally torn from his native land  along with Erzulie, his mother, to a strange planet called Canada. Since their arrival, a  distance seems to have grown between mother and son. To regain the love of his mother, Rico will have to understand this New World populated by individuals with strange habits  and customs. Fortunately for him, he can count on Kana, his imaginary friend who comes  straight out of Haitian mythology.