2002 Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam. While her mother is expecting their second child, young Thi befriends Ngọc, a club waitress who has just moved in as a tenant in their family home. As their friendship grows, she discovers that Ngọc is secretly a sex worker. Meanwhile, an art book of Tamara de Lempicka’s female nudes, stolen from a bookshop, silently bears witness.