This is the story of the son of the owner of an Indian zoo, a boy named Pi. He learns about the world, learns to defend his principles, seeks his own way to God, living according to the canons of three faiths, falls in love... But by the will of fate his family is forced to emigrate. Halfway between India and Canada, the ship is wrecked, and Pi is left in a boat with a Bengal tiger, a hyena, a zebra and an orangutan. There is a vast expanse of water all around, and the unknown lies ahead....