Dan Trong Tran

After suffering a family tragedy, a widower named Thanh moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home. Both daughters fall prey to sleep paralysis and night terrors. Their father seeks the help of a local psychologist, but chilling secrets and visions eventually prove that all is not what it seems in the old family house.

After her father's death, Lan (Phương Thanh) moves to a rural village and becomes a housemaid for Mr. Danh (Mạc Văn Khoa) — a widower with no children. But the moment she steps into the house, Lan is confronted with eerie phenomena and a string of mysterious deaths. With the help of Sơn (Quốc Trường), a horror novelist, she begins to uncover terrifying secrets and the dark history buried within the house.

Tells the story of Lam - a man who used to be a gangster but lost his memory and now hides like an ordinary person, making a living by manual labor. Lam lives with his wife - Hanh and her stepdaughter Hien. Hien still has not accepted the love of Uncle Lam for her. Hien grew up impulsive and was seduced by Tien - a hypocritical young man who lured girls into brothels to become prostitutes. Throughout the film is the journey to find Lam's daughter.

Until they lose their baby to a miscarriage, a young couple were happily settling into their new life in their spacious home. After the tragedy, Thao is inconsolable and won't let her baby's body leave the house. Normal life eludes her as terrifying visions undermine her sanity. Her husband, Thanh, experiences strange phenomena around their home and when his wife turns on him, he must race to uncover the secrets of the house in the alley before they lose their sanity and their lives.

Gentle is a film set in modern-day South Vietnam and based on the short story 'A Gentle Creature' by the Russian novelist Dostoevsky.