The sacrifice of a mother to protect the soldiers of Liberation Army of South Vietnam during the war against US imperialism

Thứ, a teacher in an impoverished village of French occupied Vietnam, witnesses the daily tragedies and hardships his neighborhood has to endure. A joint adaptation of three of Nam Cao's classic works: the short stories "Chi Pheo", "Old Hạc" (Lão Hạc) and the novel "Corroded Life" (Sống mòn).

During the American bombings in 1972, a group of workers remain to protect a power plant in the north of Hanoi.