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A young, English merchant visits Saigon in the roaring twenties. 

The city is a hotbed of clashing ideologies: colonialism, communism, and for the merchant, the promise of romance. 

He has fallen for the 'songbird' Linette who is betrothed to Chastain, the gruff overseer of a plantation. 

However, as revolution foments, perhaps the real danger lies not in broken hearts.Public Domain

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