Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A young boy struggles to find love & acceptance with his new family in this drama from director Vic Sarin Tomas (John Bell) is an eight-year-old orphan living in a home for children without parents on an island off the Irish coastline Tomas has become a target for bullies & knows little peace at the orphanage so he&s overjoyed when he&s adopted by Maire O& Donnell (Connie Nielsen) a lovely & caring woman who takes the boy under her wing However while Maire shows Tomas plenty of kindness the same cannot be said for her husband Alec (Aidan Quinn) who doesn&t hide his disappointment with his frail new son As Tomas tries to understand Alec & live up to his expectations he finds a baby seal on the beach & begins caring for the abandoned animal showing it the compassion he&s longed for in his own life