Burma, 1917. Edward, a civil servant for the British Empire, jilts his lovestruck fiancée Molly the day she arrives to be married. As he flees into an unexpected odyssey across Asia, the free-spirited Molly—amused by his moves—follows in pursuit, embarking on a globe-trotting cat-and-mouse chase.

Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Miguel Gomes’s transcendent travelogue sets sail for spellbinding horizons, where romance and adventure thrillingly entwine. Guided by the capricious will of the heart, this epic tale of love on the run is a movable feast for the mind and the senses.