In Borneo, at the edge of the tropical forest, Kéria is given a baby orangutan. With the forest under greater threat than ever, Kéria, Selaï and the little primate, Oshi, will have to face many obstacles.
In 1958, during the Cold War, two scientists, two worlds and two ideologies collide in a race for survival at the Vinča Scientific Institute, near Belgrade.
Melbourne, 1995, a women's shelter welcomes Shayda and her daughter Mona, 6 years old, fleeing her husband's violence. Despite their dark fears, they dance, sing and celebrate Nowrouz, the bright Iranian New Year. Between the mother and her daughter, a poignant harmony, a common revolt and the same resilience.
In the underground coal mines, Nam and Viet, young miners, face danger and darkness. One prepares to leave for a new life, but they must find Nam's father's remains, a soldier lost in a faraway forest, retracing the past through memories.
As the country explodes after the assassination of Martin Luther King, the writer Romain Gary, humanist and animal lover, and his wife, the star Jean Seberg, civil rights activist, welcome an abandoned dog into their home.