 Binh is a South Vietnamese soldier whose wife Nga turns to a life of prostitution upon Binh s M.I.A. classification. When Binh does return, he finds it impossible to forgive the repentant Nga. The couple s doomed future continues, as Binh joins the Vietnamese Special Forces and a friend (Le Cung Bac) struggles to reunite the two, in this moody drama about the concepts of love, war, sex and forgiveness.