Hoàng Cúc

In early 20th-century North Vietnam, an impoverished woman is chastised by her parents for giving birth out of wedlock and has to sell her baby to evade punishments from the villagers. No longer able to bear the agony, she flees her hometown to find the lover who has abandoned her. A series of misfortunes and violations afterwards soon push the woman into a circle of violence and treachery.

The vibrations adolescence, nostalgia injured ones in the battlefield, the dreaming and wondering aimlessly early ... has created space for a story fairy with her An.

A general who devoted his life to the communist cause, retires, only to find that his household is in disarray, his grown children money-grubbing, and Vietnamese society far from the rosy picture of equality he'd imagined he'd helped make it.

To faces many difficulties working as the director of the A1 hydropower project. Workers do not believe in leadership, so they quit their jobs. To boldly proposes a new way of doing business, paying attention to workers' lives and improving technology. The workers believe in him, returning to the construction site with a new attitude. Han, To's friend reports to the Minister about him with bad intentions, spreading news about his relationship with female engineer Thu Hien. To overcomes those barriers by working hard. The Minister has created all conditions for him to be creative and work.

An ex-fighter pilot renounces life and becomes a monk to seek salvation after the tragic death of his wife upon giving birth to a malformed fetus, which he blames on his mysterious illness. One day, a friend in combat visits him and sheds light on his miseries.

After her father's passing, a daughter returns to Vietnam to be with her mom. Their pilgrimage to Heaven Gate reflects their struggle to connect since his loss. The mother seeks reunion with her late husband, ascending mountains for solace. The daughter, grappling with vulnerability, joins, exploring her own abyss. Together, they search for healing and understanding amidst the sublime of nature.