The residents of Ho Chi Minh City face modernization amid widespread poverty. A retired American Marine arrives on a search for his daughter, whom he abandoned at the end of the Vietnam War. Elsewhere, a cyclo driver falls for a troubled prostitute and schemes to raise money so he can spend time with her. Additionally, a young women begins harvesting lotuses for a writer suffering from leprosy, and a child trinket seller loses his traveling case.
| Art | Wing Lee | Production Design |
| Writing | Tony Bui | Screenplay |
| Editing | Keith Reamer | Editor |
| Production | Quan Lelan | Casting |
| Sound | Richard Horowitz | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Tony Bui | Director |
| Camera | Lisa Rinzler | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jason Kliot | Producer |
| Production | Harvey Keitel | Executive Producer |
| Art | Thai Van Hoang | Set Decoration |
| Production | Tony Bui | Producer |
