Plot Summary:Aya is a former slave. At the age of 16, the young Cambodian peasant was sold to work as a maid in Malaysia. There, she was exploited during two years without receiving any salary. She was beaten and abused. Then she returned to her village - just as poor as before leaving - and brought back a child of rape. Dishonored and traumatized, what is left of her humanity? The film traces modern-day slavery in Cambodia by uncovering the fate of this young woman and following, in parallel, the daily lives of two human traffickers, a local recruiter and the head of an agency. Cambodian people call these traffickers Mey Kechol: The Storm Makers.
China grabs all the headlines but globalization has touched many parts of the world for better and worse. In Cambodia, modern day slavery thrives. The film follows both victims and perpetrators in a clear-eyed examination of an exploitative trade and its consequences.