男孩的父母从小就离开了他，他只能和当裁缝的叔叔一起在乡间生活。越南南方农村闷热潮湿，关于叔叔是同性恋的流言蜚语更像蚊虫一样叮咬着男孩的心。他总觉得是自己妨碍了叔叔寻找一个婶婶的计划，他决心帮助叔叔实现更好的生活……

It is the year 2030. Catastrophic climate change as a result of global warming means that most of the arable land in southern Vietnam is now below sea level. Most of the population has already been evacuated, but Sao and her husband Thi refuse to leave their land. They are living in a stilt house and subsisting on the dwindling fish population. On floating farms along the coast, major multinational corporations are working on a secret project to create vegetables, now a rare commodity. When her husband is murdered, Sao gets a job at the floating farm where she suspects she may find his murderers. She discovers that the concern is making use of genetic engineering in its production and that the untested processes pose a huge health risk. Does the chief scientist, who was once her lover, have anything to do with her husband’s death? Her quest for the truth sucks her into a whirlpool of events which eventually see her faced with a dramatic decision. Nước is a masterful, atmospheric weave of elements from different genres: part apocalyptic film, part sci-fi, part thriller and part romance. (Berlinale 2014)