米榭，五十多歲的電腦繪圖師，一直有著當飛行員的夢想，但卻苦無機會。有一天，他注意到一組獨木舟的照片，獨木舟的形狀正像是飛機的機身。於是他瞞著自己的妻子，買了一艘獨木舟，偷偷的練習，想像著一次次現實生活中他從沒實現過的航行。直到妻子發現了他的秘密，並且鼓勵他將夢想實現。

Fifty-year-old Michel is a computer graphics artist. He has a passion for the aerial postal service but never piloted a plane.
One day, a series of photos of a kayak stop Michel in his tracks: the kayak looks just like fuselage.
Unbeknownst to his wife, Rachelle, he buys a kayak kit and all the material that goes with it. Michel paddles for hours on his roof, dreaming of solo flights, before finally setting off down a pretty, unfamiliar river…