FULL SYNOPSIS
A young married couple endures tragedy in the Dominican Republic, and plots a daring escape to Haiti in hopes of building a better life. New parents Jean-Baptiste and Magdaleine work together on a Dominical Republic sugar cane plantation. Their dreams dashed when their infant starves to death, Magdaleine longs to return to Haiti though Jean-Baptiste is reluctant to leave. But when a plantation guard attempts to rape Magdaleine, the couple realizes they can stay in the Dominican Republic no longer. Aided by a sympathetic doctor and joined by adolescent cane cutter Pierre, Jean-Baptiste and Magdaleine flee westward in hopes of leaving their dark past behind. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi