1954年,法国军队在东南亚的最后日子里,一个由41个老挝人和4个法国人组成的小分队从前线撤退,经历了埋伏、疾病、疲劳等多重袭击,成员越来越少。当剩余的士兵最终回到营地时,营地已经被敌军占领,小分队的成员全部遭到杀戮。影片在柬埔寨丛林中实地拍摄,逼真地反映了战争的极端残忍。(豆瓣电影字幕翻译2.0小组)In Vietnam, 1954, a French platoon isolated behind enemy lines tries to come back. It is led by the inexperienced, idealistic sous-lieutenant Torrens, and by adjutant Willsdorf, a WWII veteran of the Werhmacht.