There is an old saying in China: "People die for wealth; birds die for food." When gold is discovered, people of different classes fight for it unscrupulously. Human connection, in all their forms, collapses.
The lives of a 16-year-old Nigerian orphan and a British couple on vacation collide one fateful day on an African Beach, when one of them has to make a terrible choice. Two years later, they meet again.