The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.
| Directing | Gunnar Skoglund | Director |
| Directing | Pál Fejős | Director |
| Camera | Gustaf Boge | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Gunnar Jonason | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jules Sylvain | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Gunnar Skoglund | Editor |