11岁的女孩米娅和家人在非洲农场生活,但从伦敦过来的她,一直无法融入南非当地生活。直到农场诞生了一只珍稀的小白狮查理,小白狮陪伴孤僻的米娅走出阴霾,为她带来了许多欢乐。随着米娅与白狮一天天长大,成年白狮逐渐变得不可控,家人不得不把它隔离开来。但渐渐地,米娅发现,这背后隐藏着一桩不可告人的阴谋。为了让白狮自由生活,米娅决定带白狮踏上回家路,展开了一段奇妙冒险旅程……Mia is 11 years old when she develops an extraordinary relationship with Charlie, a young white lion born in Mia's parents farm, in South Africa. During three years, they will grow up together and live a beautiful friendship. When Mia reaches the age of 14 and that Charlie has become a magnificent adult lion, she discovers the unbearable truth: her father has decided to sell the lion to trophy hunters. Desperate, Mia has no other choice than to escape with Charlie in order to rescue him.