In 1963 a boy and his mother are left in Saigon while his father and brother flee to seek shelter from religious persecution in North Vietnam. The two brothers meet as strangers in a hapless confrontation during the war in 1973.

Đơn Dương
Father
Ngo Thai Uyen
Mother
Hue Luong
Older Hung (Monk)
Son Tung
Young Hung
Chi Binh
Young Hiep

Mai Thế Hiệp
Southern Soldier Hung

Nguyễn Ngoc Lâm
Northern Soldier Hiep
Thanh Nguyen
Southern Soldier 1
Dat Nguyen
Southern Soldier 2
Ta My Le
Neighboring Father
Tran Thi Thu
Neighboring Mother
Pham Quoc Tuan
Neighboring Boy
Ky Cuong
South Vietnamese Officer
To Cong Dat
Boy in kitchen
Nguyen Van Hau
Boy 1 playing with crickets