Synopsis

Two young Jamaicans get married at Trident castle in beautiful Port Antonio, Jamaica. The Bride, Janet, being wealthy, due to her catering business success and ambitious, immigrates to Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, with her new husband, Chris. Chris is a talented chef. Janet’s sister Andrea announces her wedding gift to the newlyweds in a phone call to Janet on her wedding day. Andrea’s call starts in her car, which is parked in front of a mixed use building in suburban Sudbury. Andrea is a real estate agent that runs a business in the Sudbury area. She has just purchased a mixed-use building and is making it her wedding present to Janet. The sister’s dream is to open a Jamaican restaurant in an under served market and see if they can make a million dollars. The mixed-use building is their chance to realize their dream. Janet and Chris move to Sudbury to open a restaurant. It is called the Port Royal.

Although Janet has lived in Canada before, Chris has never left Jamaica. Winter in Canada will be an entirely new experience for him and he’s looking forward to it. Being film savvy Chris records the events of their enterprise in a series digital diary entries, mostly. The entries begin innocently enough. Chris is initially charmed by the beauty of his new environment, but when winter begins to settle in and the realities of living in Canada start to hit home: the snow, the cold, shelter, heating, etc., things begin to change for Chris and Janet. It becomes a struggle for them to keep up with the change and soon change gets the better of them. The effects are hardest on Chris. The effects test their faith in Canada and cause them to ask themselves whether or not they should return home to sweet Jamaica.