En las montañas, en el corazón de China, viven los Qiang, una etnia minoritaria ancestral. Han conservado un modo de vida pastoril volcado en la naturaleza. Víctimas de un terremoto en 2008, ahora son 300.000.
Jamie, a young American exchange student in rural France, finds herself in the middle of a love triangle as she and the host family's wayward daughter fall for the same boy. As dangerous lies and dark family secrets surface, Jamie becomes the unsuspecting victim of a game of sexual intrigue.