Trần Thị Diễm Châu (1971)

Pregnant after being sexually violated by her stepfather as a punishment for starting a relationship with a professor, Tran Thi Diem Chau runs away from home to live with her friend Thu Hong, a sympathetic nightclub dancer who pays for her abortion and education at a Catholic boarding school. Just when Diem Chau begins to leave behind her painful past, the young woman receives the news of Thu Hong's injuries from an acid attack.