Esta crónica de un pueblo cerca del paralelo 17, la línea de demarcación entre el Norte y Sur de Vietnam, relata la guerra a través de los ojos de los vietnamitas.

The Vietnam War is too often perceived through American stories, seldom involving the suffering of the civil population. Joris Ivens, through a rhythmic and fast editing of various fragments he filmed there, rights this wrong and reveals the atrocity of conflict. A difficult but necessary film.