Thirteen years after the end of the Vietnam War, a family who was tragically affected by the war are forced to emigrate to America.
In modern-day Saigon, three lonely strangers form a unique family as a ten-year old orphan plays matchmaker to a zookeeper and a beautiful flight attendant.
An Asian American teenage girl, dying to lose her virginity, breaks some house rules (among other things) in order to get what she wants.
A young Vietnamese American man revisits treasured memories of helping his mother.
"I learn that Chris McIntyre served in Vietnam and that "21 and a Wakeup," set in an Army hospital in the waning days of the war, is based on events that he experienced and heard about." - Roger Ebert
Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong.
