A short story by Luu Son Minh was the source for this Vietnamese drama about the friendship of two actresses in a touring opera company beset by financial woes. Returning home, actress Lanh (Tung Thuy) has a rendezvous with her now-married former boyfriend, Phong (Le Thanh Tung), while leading-lady Xoan (Minh LHoa) is about to be replaced by an understudy because of her pregnancy.
Ten years after signing up as an army nurse, a woman returns to her village with a son in tow. Because she has no proof that she was ever married, the conservative village folk shun her.
The film is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Nguyen Cong Hoan.
