In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, a middle-aged Chinese immigrant is forced to journey from California to Oklahoma, where the promise of work on a marijuana farm becomes his last chance to support his family back home~even if it means confronting his own fears and the law.

SYNOPSIS:

WEI WAN and BO YI, two illegal Chinese immigrants, run a successful Chinese restaurant in Riverside CA. When COVID hits in March of 2020, everything shuts down, including their restaurant.

After desperately searching for work in Southern California, Bo and Wei eventually end up in Oklahoma at the Big Buddha Farm, where marijuana farming has just been made legal. They work alongside hundreds of other displaced Chinese workers. SISTER LIU, the manager, runs a tight ship and controls every detail of the farm.

Wei doubles as the chef of the community kitchen where he meets SISTER FATTY, a sharp-tongued woman who loves his cooking and more. Sparks fly.

Bo leases a greenhouse from Sister Liu and coerces Wei to be his partner. After a very successful first harvest, they lease a second one. When Bo decides to sell their flowers to an “underground” dealer, cutting out Sister Liu, she sicks her enforcers on Bo and Wei. They escape to Oklahoma City with the help of Sister Fatty.

After a high-speed police chase which ends in tragedy, Wei finds himself alone in a motel room where he must decide either to stay and realize the American Dream or to return to China.