Based on a famous Thai novel, the film tells the story of Jan, a boy that grows up in a house lorded over Luang Wisnan, with his daddy. Place in the 1930?s the story recounts the growing pains of Jan, whose mother dies while giving birth to him and who's intensely hated by his daddy. Jan grows up with Aunt Wadhis stepmother, and he struggles to reconcile his sexual own guilt and longing with various ladies in his lifetime, including a girl named Hyacinth, whom he loves, also later Madame Boonleunghis dad's enthusiast who becomes a secret to Jan's sensual awakening.