The owner of a zoo in India,  Santosh Patel, decides to move with his wife Gita, teenage son Piscine “Pi” and all the animals to Canada. Santosh hopes to sell the animals in Canada at a good price and start a new life. They board a Japanese freighter. A huge storm capsizes the vessel. All perish except for Pi and an adult Bengal tiger. They find themselves marooned on a raft floating in the vast ocean. With a need to survive, Pi and the tiger miraculously learn to respect each other.    After weeks at sea, they land on an island. The island is not a haven as the waters turn acidic. Pi and the tiger continue their sea journey eventually reaching the coast of Mexico. Pi is devastated as he sees the tiger he befriended disappear into the jungle. Pi then relates his story to insurance adjusters for the Japanese freighter. The insurance adjusters at first do not believe Pi. But the final insurance report stated that “Pi survived a great adventure in the company of an adult Bengal tiger.”