Newly married Duyen (Do Thi Hai Yen, THE QUIET AMERICAN), a museum guide, is disappointed to find herself neglected by her cab driver husband Hai (Duy Khoa Nguyen), who is more interested in his job, his buddies, and his controlling mother (he is literally too tired at the end of the day to consummate his marriage, and his mother seems fine with that). She confides her concerns to sickly writer friend - "I'm into funerals, not weddings" - Cam (Linh Dan Pham, INDOCHINE), who secretly desires Duyen yet introduces her to handsome travel guide Tho (stuntman/actor Johnny Nguyen, CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE) with whom Duyen begins an affair. Meanwhile, Hai develops a non-sexual relationship with his neighbor's young daughter. After an ill-advised vacation trip with Tho has tragic consequences, will their be anything left of Duyen and Hai's relationship to salvage? Despite the sexual tension between Cam and Duyen, and the advertising, ADRIFT (CHOI VOI) is not a provocative film about lesbianism in Vietnam, or an erotic drama in general; it is instead an exploration of loneliness and exploration. The inexperienced Duyen and Hai do not despise each other; the young pair have no idea how to live with each other as a couple - especially with his mother around, and Duyen's memories of her grandparents' unhappy marriage - and look to others for experience and exploration (Hai's relationship with the neighbors' daughter seems like it would be an ideal version of the couple's marriage without sexual tension). The delicate scoring and gorgeous, minimalist cinematography suit are wonderfully suited to the film's sparse writing and characterization.