In 1977, an explosion at a train station swept away Iri, a southern city in Korea, killing hundreds and breaking their shelters. After three decades, the city has changed its name, rebuilt itself, but the people still carry the scars. Jin-seo is one of them. She is mentally impaired due to the explosion her mother experienced in her pregnancy. She lives with her cab-driver brother, Tae-woong. Jin-seo works as a cleaner for Chinese Institution above her home and helps out at t...more

In 1977, an explosion at a train station swept away Iri, a southern city in Korea, killing hundreds and breaking their shelters. After three decades, the city has changed its name, rebuilt itself, but the people still carry the scars. Jin-seo is one of them. She is mentally impaired due to the explosion her mother experienced in her pregnancy. She lives with her cab-driver brother, Tae-woong. Jin-seo works as a cleaner for Chinese Institution above her home and helps out at the home for the elderly. But many men take advantage of her kind nature. Tae-woong discovers Jin-seo suffers habitual miscarriage. When Jin-seo comes home torn by a mob-rape, he can’t take it anymore. He takes her to the ocean and shoves her into the cold water.less