In a couple's home, the wife obsessively cleans the floor while the husband sits listlessly on the sofa. Their intense conflict, sparked by an insect, soon engulfs their home with grotesque swarms of bugs. As they transform into monstrous versions of themselves, they finally confront a giant insect monster that has filled their home. Together, they incinerate it with a lighter and a spray can. After the smoke clears, a single blue butterfly flutters over a table where a pair of baby shoes rests beside a photograph of the couple.

“There is a Korean expression, 'Danjangjiae' (斷腸之哀), for a sorrow so deep it feels as if your insides are being torn out. But is such grief expressed only through tears? Sometimes, it takes the form of silence, of sharp accusations, or like unseen insects, it burrows into our hearts and eats away at us. I hope this film serves as a moment to reflect on the scars we leave on each other in the name of love, and on the meaning of family—something we can never truly let go of, in spite of everything.

World Premiere