Durante a Grande Depressão, Jacob, um desafortunado estudante de veterinária de 23 anos, aproveita a sua experiência e técnica com animais para se associar a um circo ambulante. A sua vida complica-se quando conhece e se apaixona por Marlena, uma das atracções femininas do show, mulher do carismático mas instável patrão da companhia.

Chip 'n Dale live next door to a zoo and spot the elephant's stash of peanuts. They go after them, but both the elephant and his keeper, Donald, are too clever. Then the boys realized the visitors throw peanuts, so they put on a song-and-dance act. Then they paint themselves white and pose as albino chipmunks.

The story revolves around the life of Mi, a free-spirited young woman in the very conservative 1940's Burmese society, and her many lovers. She drinks. She smokes. She thinks you're a joke. She's also traumatized, insecure, and very tired in life. She's like a butterfly ... a butterfly pinned to a cardboard. Will she risk tearing her delicate wings to free herself?