It’s been a year since Hee-su vanished. Youn-ho, who works at a redevelopment firm, ignores his mother’s existence and yearns for a new life with his loving girlfriend Se-kyung. When Seo-hee shows up demanding repayment of the money his mother borrowed, Youn-ho is forced to admit he lacks the means or the will to compensate for her loss.

“Is being poor the saddest thing in the world? Do not say it isn’t so. You’ll become stone as soon you say so.”
… I hoped it wasn’t so. I wanted to believe that poverty wasn’t the origin of such sadness.
…Yet
Is it capable to hurt for someone else? Is condolence even possible?
Hold on. Do not lose hope. … I could not bring myself to say these words.
But I still want to hurt instead and console.
I want to do the impossible.
I want to tell all the stories I’ve heard and the stories I believe everyone already knows. Stories that are all about me and all about you.

2011 The 16th Busan International Film Festival