Every day Doctor Dieu, an 80-year-old Vietnamese physician, welcomes disabled children into her home where they receive individualized care (massages, physiotherapy) to gain mobility and a degree of independence. Ostracized by the Vietnamese society, these children are victims of a war that ended 50 years ago. They display congenital diseases resulting from the effects of the 80 million of litres of Agent Orange sprayed on Vietnam. A wounded veteran herself, Dr. Dieu has witnessed the pain and suffering of children who, to this day, are born with birth defects inherited from their parents and grandparents. The film focuses on Doctor Dieu’s struggle to improve the lives of these children while revealing the intertwined threads of her life, and the continuing impact of the Vietnam War on children.

Agent Orange*: this is the name given to a defoliant used by the US military between 1961 and 1971 to prevent the Vietnamese soldiers hiding in the forests. According to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange ( the VAVA ), 4.8 million people were exposed to herbicides that have made 3 million victims including at least 150,000 children . Affected individuals suffer from skin diseases and many cancers of the organs and the nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems . They are now identified in the country .