The tale of one man's journey to freedom... When the Viet Minh take control of the village of Ba Lang in northern Vietnam, Tao Kim Nam, the son of a landowner, is forced to flee his home. For with the arrival of the Viet Minh has come a new set of rules for the villagers of Ba Lang - including new taxes and rules for when to say Mass. But when Nam's brother Dong, a priest, defies the commands of the Viet Minh, his actions threaten to put the Tao family...