Editing Map of the Human Heart (section)

==Plot==
In 1931, in the [[Arctic Canada|Arctic-Canadian]] settlement of Nunataaq, Avik (Robert Joamie) lives under the watchful eye of his grandmother (Jayko Pitseolak) who undertakes [[senicide]] by jumping in the cold sea. While tagging along after British cartographer Walter Russell ([[Patrick Bergin]]), Avik falls prey to tuberculosis, the "white man's disease". To assuage his own guilt, Russell takes the boy to a Montreal clinic to recover. There, Avik meets Albertine (Annie Galipeau), a [[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]] girl. The two fall in love, but their relationship is quickly broken up by the Mother Superior who is in charge of the clinic.

Years later, Avik again meets Russell, who this time is on a mission to recover a German U-boat lying wrecked off the coast of Nunataaq. Throughout his life, Avik is haunted by love for a now-grown Albertine ([[Anne Parillaud]]) and by a belief that he brings misfortune to those around him. Avik asks for Russell's help in learning her whereabouts, and he gives the cartographer a chest X-ray of the girl which he has carried with him since their separation.

More time elapses, and a mature Avik ([[Jason Scott Lee]]) joins the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] in the Second World War and eventually becomes a [[Bombardier (aircrew)|bomb aimer]] in an [[Avro Lancaster]] bomber. Albertine, who has become Russell's mistress, seeks out Avik. She begins an affair with Avik, but Russell soon finds out, and as revenge, he sends Avik and his crew on a suicide mission ([[Bombing of Dresden in World War II|the firebombing of Dresden]]), in which Avik is the sole survivor of his crew.

Despondent over his war experiences, Avik flees to Canada, where he becomes an alcoholic. Decades later, he is sought out by Rainee (Clotilde Courau), the daughter born from his affair with Albertine. On his way to the girl's wedding, Avik crashes his snowmobile on an ice floe; as he freezes to death (similar to his grandmother), he dreams of going to his daughter's wedding and flying away on a balloon with Albertine.