Set in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, the film tells a story of Mr. Vo and his children. Vo, enraged by his wife’s infidelity, burns down his house and all his memories of the past.

Set in a breath-taking primitive landscape in the mountainous provinces of Vietnam, the film tells the story of a Hmong tribe girl named Pao. She was raised by her stepmother, for her real mother left her when she was little. One day, her stepmother dies in an accident, and she begins to track down her birth mother. But her journey turns out to disclose an unsealed sentimental drama of the family in the past.

1985年，战后的西贡仍处于改革开放之际，巷弄街灯昏黄，社区大门紧闭，年轻译者准备搬进，却苦不得其门而入，好在女子顺手相助，留下彼此难忘的那夜相识。他肩负着〈小王子〉重新出版的翻译工作，但目光却总是追寻着经营社区小餐馆的她。走廊擦肩问候、邻里谈天齐聚，无数个夜，那朵玫瑰，悄然在他的心里曼延滋长⋯⋯