When a tomb in Vietnam is accidentally opened on the eve of the Hungry Ghost Festival, a vengeful spirit is unleashed, bringing the dead with him. As these spirits wreak havoc across the Vietnamese-Australian community in Melbourne, reclaiming lost loves and exacting revenge, young woman May Le must rediscover her true heritage and accept her destiny to help bring balance to a community still traumatized by war.

Three friends are forced to relive their traumatic memories from one night twenty years previously when one of them writes a book.

A young Iranian mother and her six-year-old daughter finds refuge in an Australian women's shelter during the two weeks of Iranian New Year (Nowrooz).

In an uncharted future, two hardened souls meet and confront each other with the things they have done and what they have become.