After a dangerous sea crossing and a stay in a camp in Malaysia, the young Vietnamese Tinh and her family are accepted as refugees in Canada and arrive in Montreal where they begin their new life. But for Tinh, adapting has its share of difficulties.

After her parents separate, preteen Margot sets out to reunite her family. One day, she comes home from school to discover, to her shock, that a stranger has moved in and appears to have bewitched her father.