Samorn is nine years old when her family sells her. An 'auntie' trawling the Northern Thai villages for ‘brothel fodder’ takes her to Bangkok where she is destined for a short life of servitude and sexual abuse. She is saved from this fate when the kingpin of organised crime, renowned industrialist, Henri Sahliman, sees her while meeting with a business associate. Entranced by the small girl he buys her for an outrageously high price.