Mioka, who was adopted from Korea to the United States as a child, has attempted to find her roots multiple times but failed repeatedly. Just as she was about to give up searching for her parents, she learns about 'Banet' from other adoptees, a Korean women's group that helps overseas adoptees find their roots, and enlists for their help. As Mioka and Banet follow the adoption papers to trace her roots, they discover that most of the adoption documents are either inaccurate or hidden. Documents that are barely obtained after multiple requests, inconsistent information across different papers, all hinder Mioka's search for her parents. Will Mioka be able to find her parents? Mioka and Banet comes to face an absurd truth beyond their mission of finding parents.

'K-Number' was a classification system used by individual adoption agencies to classify children being sent overseas for adoption. Korea was the only country in the world that allowed 'proxy adoption', where adoptive parents could adopt children without visiting Korea, and adoption agencies charged substantial fees to adoptive parents in return.
Now adults, overseas adoptees return to Korea to find their roots, but their journey is not easy due to incorrect adoption documents and adoption agencies and government bodies that avoid responsibility. Then, how is it for us 'ordinary Koreans'? The film deals with both overseas adoptees and invisible Koreans together. Through this journey, the film attempts to recognize that overseas adoption is no longer 'their' problem but 'our' problem.

2024 제29회 부산국제영화제