Orphaned at birth, Jean abandons his wife and infant child, believing that he is protecting them from his criminal double life. He then commits the unthinkable: stealing Dante, a drug lord in Paris who had protected him until then. The hunt will lead him to the French West Coast, where he hopes to find a skipper who can help him escape France illegally. But thrust into a past that will reopen his wounds and as the departure approaches, his frantic odyssey will bring him back to the fatherhood he was fleeing.