Mé Ying

Man och kvinna

Gunnar Skoglund, Pál Fejős

Hugo Björne, Gerda Björne

The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice.