Ngọc Thu

Defectors from Hitler's army join the French Foreign Legion and end up in Vietnam in the late '40s.

Two classmates volunteer to work in logistics across the forests of Trường Sơn mountains.

Two talented swimmers from a small village are invited by a factory to compete for their team in national tournaments, but soon discover they are being used as a publicity ploy by the factory.

A mother of five in the Mekong Delta leaves her ten year-old to look after the younger children while she goes to fight in the war.

A soldier (Hien) survives the war and comes back to live with his brother's family (Tien). He can't seem to adjust to civilian life after the war and feels increasingly alienated from other people, whom he finds calculating, selfish and materialistic.