Времена Великой депрессии. Студент-ветеринар Якоб бросает учебу после того, как его родители погибают, и присоединяется к «Benzini Brothers», самому грандиозному цирковому шоу на Земле. Там он начинает работать ветеринаром, а заодно и влюбляется в прекрасную наездницу Марлену, которая, правда, замужем за Августом, харизматичным, но жестоким дрессировщиком.

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?