New York journalist Beatrice (Sarah Polley) travels to Iceland to find a monster (Robert John Burke) believed to have killed her fiancé. Once she meets the beast, he opens her eyes to the horror of his existence: he has witnessed history from the dawn of time. Moved to help him, Beatrice takes the monster to New York. But when a media firestorm erupts, Beatrice realizes her monster is more than he appears to be and the world may not be ready for the truth.
