Ciudad de Quebec, 1955. Nelly Maloye, una eminente detective novata, accidentalmente se cruza con Simon Picard, un ambicioso asistente de investigación en antropología en la universidad local. Respaldada por un filántropo que busca la gloria, la intuitiva pero desorganizada Nelly y el metódico y obsesivo Simón emprendieron una loca aventura, decididos a probar la existencia del Abominable muñeco de nieve. Para lograr este objetivo, Simon confía en el diario codificado de un explorador desaparecido, un diario que debería llevarlos a la guarida de la criatura mítica. Acompañados por Tenzig Gombu, un inteligente y enigmático joven guía sherpa, y Jazzmin, un pájaro myna parlanchín, nuestros héroes se enfrentan a una serie de peligros en el corazón de los Himalayas mientras buscan a esa bestia legendaria: el Yeti.
Robert Lepage directed this Canadian comedy, filmed in black and white and color and adapted from Lepage's play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. In October 1970, Montreal actress Sophie (Anne-Marie Cadieux) appears in a Feydeau farce at the Osaka World's Fair. Back in Montreal, her boyfriend Michel (Alexis Martin) watches the October Crisis on TV and sees Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declare the War Measures Act. The Canadian Army patrols Montreal streets. Sophie learns she's pregnant and phones Michel. However, Michel is immersed in politics, while Sophie rejects the amorous advances of her co-star (Eric Bernier), becomes friendly with a blind translator, and passes an evening with frivolous Canadian embassy official Walter (Richard Frechette) and his wife Patricia (Marie Gignac). Meanwhile, in Montreal, Michael plots terrorist activities. Commenting on East-West cultural distinctions, the film intercuts between Quebec (in black and white) and Japan (in color).
