Screen legend Omar Sharif (Hidalgo and such classics as Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago) is Monsieur Ibrahim an elderly widower who owns a grocery store in a shabby*working-class section of Paris. His life takes on new meaning when he befriends Momo a lonely teenage boy (Pierre Boulanger). in Ibrahim Momo finds the father he never had*a patient man infused with kindness and a wisdom that he freely shares. And Momo awakens within Ibrahim a taste for grand adventure*which takes them on a journey that will change their lives forever.