It’s a big day for Joseph, his family is taking him on a trip to the Smile-Rite® toy factory, it’s his tenth birthday. And everybody knows that when you turn ten, that’s when you become a man…

Island of La Réunion, in the beginning of the 20th century. Five teenagers commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.