Having started a new life and family in a country different from his own, one man continues to be haunted by the past when the daughter he left behind sends him a letter. She tells him of how the happy memories they shared in the past do nothing but remind her of how nothing is the same without him. Adding to her anguish is the fact that her mother and younger brother have seemingly moved on from the father’s painful departure. “Cold Sand” is a moving story of painful separation, the people and places left behind, and hope for better things in the future.