A tragicomedy about an 11-year old boy, Oliver, whose parents die in a car accident. The boy refuses to mourn; instead, he develops an obsession of investigating the accident. Oliver gets to know a peculiar vagabond who knows something about the accident, and a reluctant friendship develops between the pair. All of the man's well-kept secrets are revealed while the boy is forced to face the facts and emotions caused by his parents' deaths.