The story of an orphan girl whose life is torn apart in world war two, as South East Asia is devastated by invasion. An escaped British POW is brought to her village seeking help. Both have suffered mentally and as their paths cross, their emotions intertwine with love and desire, madness and hate, religion and superstition... A psychological epic in which both parties will be changed forever as they strive to survive the brutality of war and where the spirits of the forest reveal themselves...