Close to the dark truths of Burma. Rangoon - an isolated and mysterious city, cut off even from its closest Asian neighbors - has become home to jaded American lawyer Peter Henderson. A refugee from the pressures and failures of his career in the West, Henderson too, is lonely and isolated - but prefers it that way. That is, until he meets Julie Yao, a beautiful, restless businesswoman who takes the life Henderson has made for himself in Burma by storm.