Straddling India and Bangladesh, the Sundarbans region is home to some of the richest ecosystems on the planet. For generations, fishermen and honey gatherers venture into the vast mangrove forest for its natural resources is of vital interest to the local population. They increasingly fear for their lives, because here, in the jungle, the Bengal tiger reigns like a ghost.

Sonamoni, Koushalya and Buli are among the many women whose husbands never came home. Known as "Tiger widows", they sometimes suffer the wrath of the superstitious inhabitants of their village.

Sohidul, a fisherman in his thirties, risks his life every time he ventures into the jungle but he has to keep fishing to survive…

Aziz, a zoologist, is participating in an operation to count tigers in danger of extinction.