A
 twenty-
year-
old 
Haitian 
woman, 
Sandrine 
and
 her 
brother
 thirteen
-year-
old 
brother
 Etienne 
are 
being 
transported
 from 
Haiti
 to 
the
 Bahamas
 in 
the 
hold 
of 
a 
dilapidated
 wooden
 vessel
 filled 
with 
sever al
other 
immigrants
 in
 search
 of 
a
 better
 life.
 During 
the
 journey, 
a
young
 woman
 gets
 violently 
ill. 
A 
rule 
of 
the
 sea 
in 
transportin g
persons
 dictates
 that 
when 
a 
person
 gets 
violently
 ill;
 they
 have 
to 
be 
thrown 
off 
the
 boat
 to
 limit 
spread
 of
 disease.
 Sandrine 
protests 
this 
rule
 but 
the 
woman
 is
 thrown 
overboard
 nonetheless. 
Shortly 
thereafter,
Sandrine 
notices
 that 
her
 brother 
is
 exhibiting 
the
 same
 symptoms
 of
 the 
unlucky 
woman 
so 
Sandrine
 will 
have 
to 
use 
her 
smarts 
and 
strength
 to
 save 
her
 brother’s
 life.