在柬埔寨的金边有一所特别的孤儿院，那里的孩子们从小开始排练并参加演出，学习仍然存在于柬埔寨的传统的歌舞文化。而孩子们也渴望实现一个在柬埔寨社会的最高荣誉，那就是拜见西哈努克亲王的女儿、柬埔寨宫廷歌舞艺术的杰出继承者和保护人——帕花黛维公主，他们渴望在她的面前表演，得到她的肯定与鼓励，将高棉民族的传统文化继承下去并发扬光大。
Plot Summary:Still I Strive is a story of transcendence through compassion, unity and hope. At one orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the performing arts are the path to healing and transformation. Guided by their matriarch Peng Phan, a renowned actress in her own right, the children aspire to achieve one of the highest honors in Cambodian society, to perform in front of Princess Bopha Devi as a symbol of their culture and heritage. Interspersed throughout the documentary are narrative film sequences featuring the children as actors. With an epic battle at the opening, a chase scene through the forest, horror sequences, and melodrama, the narrative parallels the documentary of the children's tragic back stories. By weaving facts with fiction, reality with dreams, the film reveals where these lines ultimately merge by its conclusion. The journey mirrors the travails of the nation as it struggles to leave behind the unprecedented destruction of human dignity, the tragic legacy of the Khmer Rouge era. Together, they learn to overcome the past and pave the way to the future by being faithful to the present.
