À travers le destin tragique d'une jeune femme Hout Bophana et de son mari Ly Sitha, ce film propose de revenir sur les années sombres du Cambodge.
Révolté par la corruption du régime Lon Nol, Ly Sitha rejoint les maquisards communist...
Based upon documentation of forced confessions made during the Khmer Rouge era in Cambodia, this film reconstructs the relationship of a young woman, Hout Bophana, and Ly Sitha before they were tortured in executed in 1977.