Indochina 1931, the Siam Golf at the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The mother realizes that the departure of her two children - Joseph 20 and Suzanne 16 - is ineluctable. Deceived by the colonial administration, she invested all of her savings in worthless, regularly flooded farmland. She puts into place a crazy scheme: building a dam against the sea with the help of the villagers...

This epic film shows the adventures of a prince. Sisovan leaves his palace to learn magic with a hermit in the forest. When he finishes his study with the hermit, he returns to his palace. All the way, he meets unexpected things likes: love, magical creatures, battle with giants…

The documentary follows a group of workers who are laying a high-tech fiber optic cable that will link Cambodia to South East Asia. The project is a hopeful symbol of the country's slow integration into the world community and the modern technological age. However, for the people employed to dig the trench by hand, a group of rice farmers, ex-soldiers, and their families, the poorest of the poor -- the work is a mixed blessing. This film provides a haunting glimpse into the lives of these indigent workers as they encounter the painful remnants of the past - mines, bones, and a landscaped littered with human suffering - and labor to bring Cambodia into the modern age.