Drawn to dangerous world regions and unconventional careers, Alice, the black sheep of her family, rushes to say goodbye to her dying father; while Daniel, an artist suffering from synesthesia, clings to thoughts of the daughter he has never been able tofind.

Alice is the black sheep of her family. She has never enjoyed the closeness with her father that her two older sisters have and is late to hear the news that her father is dying. Daniel hasn't had a roof over his head for almost thirty years, but he once had a steady job and a passionate love affair with a woman he's never forgotten. His heart is failing, but he is kept alive by the knowledge that he has a daughter somewhere in the world whom he has never been able to find. Their unlikely relationship becomes a story about the power of the ties that bind.