TheBritishsoldierHarryTurnerwas18whenhewasdeployedtoAfghanistan.Hereturnedfromthewarabrokenman.StrugglingwithPTSD,depressionandsuicidalthoughts,hetravelsdeepintothePeruvianrainforest,wherehemeetstheUSscientistSamantha.Together,theytakecareofanorphanedocelot,asmallspottedwildcat. ThefilmconsistspartlyofmaterialthatHarryandSamanthafilmedthemselvesandpartlyoffootagebythedirectorsofWildcat,wholaterjoinedthepair.Intimatemomentsbetweenhumansandanimalsarecombinedwithexcitingshotsofthetreacherousnocturnaljungletoformanemotionallytortuousportraitofapersonconstantlybattlinghisdemons.ItisoutofthisstrugglethatHarryforgesabondwiththeyoungwildanimal. Hisattempttosavetheocelotisaboveallanattempttosavehimself.Andmakingtheanimalself-reliantprovesinfacttobeanexerciseinlettinggo.Asheguidestheanimalinthejungle,Harrymustalsofindhiswaybacktosocietyandtohisfamily.