At a maternity ward in South Vietnam, a midwife adopts three orphaned children after their mothers, undercover Communist spies, go missing or die in action.
An illiterate scheming peasant swindles whoever he can in order to provide for his family.
Relationships inside a family of illegal loggers become turbulent when the son falls in love with his father's lover.
The director of a steel refinery comes into conflict with his wife over plans that might affect her father's reputation.
Life Is Not Simple
