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In a middle-class apartment, a woman quietly eats her dinner alone, while her son is having a night out with his friends. A phone call between them gradually reveals the growing emotional distance that has separated them, with no words of love and affection spoken. Yet something compels the son to turn back and return home.

A high school student ignores his family's financial struggles and falls in love with a girl who rents a room in their house. Overwhelmed by shyness, he can only admire her secretly through his dreams. In a rare moment of courage, he enters her room, only to discover that the issues within his family are far more complex than he had ever imagined. This revelation changes the way he sees his family forever.

While her mother is expecting their second child, young Thi befriends Ngoc, a club waitress who has just moved in as a tenant in their family home. As their friendship grows, she discovers that Ngoc is secretly a sex worker. Meanwhile, an art book of Tamara de Lempicka’s female nudes, stolen from a bookshop, silently bears witness.