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.
Hugo Björne
Gerda Björne
Sol-Britt Agerup
Gunnar Höglund
Jean Claesson
