Weduwnaar Ward huurt de Roemeense klusjesman Doru in om zijn huis te schilderen. Wanneer Doru vermist raakt, ontfermt Ward zich over diens 9-jarige zoontje Mihai. Samen reizen ze naar Roemenië, op zoek naar Mihai’s moeder. De reis naar de Zwarte Zee brengt zowel Mihai als Ward thuis.

After the death of his French wife, Ward tries to pick up the pieces back home in Holland. He hires Romanian worker Doru to reconstruct his house, but when Doru suddenly disappears, Ward is left with Doru's nine year old son Mihai. When Ward travels to Romania in search for Mihai's mother, he has to reconcile himself with his past and his future.