In the last days of the Vietnam War, 17-year-old Kim is forced to work in a Saigon bar run by a notorious character known as “the Engineer.” There she meets and falls in love with an American GI named Chris, but they are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. For three years, Kim goes on an epic journey of survival to find her way back to Chris, who has no idea he’s fathered a son.