In a slum in Chennai, India, a young mother of two, wants to sell her kidney so she can pay off the crippling debts of her family. If she sells Hema will be the fifth member of her family to sell a kidney for an amount that represents several years' wages. Across the world in Nanaimo, Canada, forty year old single mom Sandra's kidneys are failing and she has been on a waiting list for 5 years now. Two different people. Two journeys.

Chennai é um bairro na Índia onde os mais necessitados vendem seus rins para sobreviver. Hema, uma jovem mãe, será o quinto membro de sua família a doar o órgão. No Canadá, a vida de outra mãe pode mudar drásticamente.