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.

After pulling the plug on his father, young Si Wang must honor an Asian tradition of sitting vigil with his deceased father's corpse for one night, but breaking the cardinal rule of the ritual—leaving the house—unleashes a malevolent supernatural entity called the Inhuma.

A high school student ignores his family's financial struggles and falls in love with a girl who rents a room in their house. Overwhelmed by shyness, he can only admire her secretly through his dreams. In a rare moment of courage, he enters her room, only to discover that the issues within his family are far more complex than he had ever imagined. This revelation changes the way he sees his family forever.