
Itistheyear2030.CatastrophicclimatechangeasaresultofglobalwarmingmeansthatmostofthearablelandinsouthernVietnamisnowbelowsealevel.Mostofthepopulationhasalreadybeenevacuated,butSaoandherhusbandThirefusetoleavetheirland.Theyarelivinginastilthouseandsubsistingonthedwindlingfishpopulation.Onfloatingfarmsalongthecoast,majormultinationalcorporationsareworkingonasecretprojecttocreatevegetables,nowararecommodity.Whenherhusbandismurdered,Saogetsajobatthefloatingfarmwhereshesuspectsshemayfindhismurderers.Shediscoversthattheconcernismakinguseofgeneticengineeringinitsproductionandthattheuntestedprocessesposeahugehealthrisk.Doesthechiefscientist,whowasonceherlover,haveanythingtodowithherhusband’sdeath?Herquestforthetruthsucksherintoawhirlpoolofeventswhicheventuallyseeherfacedwithadramaticdecision.Nướcisamasterful,atmosphericweaveofelementsfromdifferentgenres:partapocalypticfilm,partsci-fi,partthrillerandpartromance.(Berlinale2014)