
The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War. Elsewhere, a cyclo driver falls for a troubled prostitute and schemes to raise money so he can spend time with her. Additionally, a young women begins harvesting lotuses for a writer suffering from leprosy, and a child trinket seller loses his traveling case.

as Hai

as Kien An

as Lan

as Woody

as Singing Lotus Woman

as James Hager

as Hager's Daughter

as Huy, Dao's Headman

as Binh, Cyclo Driver

as Teacher Dao

as Restaurant Owner

as Man in Taxi with Lan

as Parlor Manager