A young man returns from the city to his village in the remote mountains of Mustang, in the Nepal Himalaya, with ideas to improve the lives of his people, but struggles to reconcile these with the existing realities. Lhakpa wants to become an engineer, so that he can contribute to the development of his village, but unexpected family strife means he must delay his aspirations. In the meantime, he meets his childhood sweetheart, but she may already have plans of her own that he is not aware of. The film charts his often complex relationships with his lover, his family, and the rest of the village. In the end, nothing turns up quite as Lhakpa plans in this tale of discovery, re-discovery, and adaptation.