“The Grave Digger” tells the story of an arid countryside in the early 19th century. In the arid land, there is also a clear divide between the rich and the poor. At this time, in the area, there were cases of digging rich people's graves at the cemetery and causing the department to lose sleep and eat. Bach Lien (Truong Thi May) became the number one suspect when he was the custodian of the cemetery and was asked by wealthy families to guard the grave. So what is Bach Lien's real reason when she always appears in the middle of the night at the cemetery on nights when someone has just dropped a grave?

At a friend's birthday party, 19-year-old An meets and falls in love with Lam, a charming playboy, at first sight. The passionate romance soon ends devastatingly when An becomes HIV positive. Abandoned by his lover and disowned by his conservative family, An tries to cope with the last days of his life in loneliness.