Director Oliver Stone completes his Vietnam Trilogy of films, the others being Born On The Fourth Of July and Platoon, examining the war from many perspectives. Heaven And Earth follows the true story of a Vietnamese village girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam War. Based on the autobiographies When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip with Jay Wurts and Child of War, Woman of Peace by Le Ly Hayslip with James Hayslip.