Han-soo is a promising high school swimmer living in a small seaside town where the only light in the village is an uninhabited lighthouse. After his mother is left comatose by a suicide attempt, he loses all interest in life. He gets even more depressed when he discovers the secret of his unfortunate birth and, through his mother's will, learns of his father’s abandonment of him and his mother. Eventually, Han-soo begins robbing convenience stores in order to pay his mother's hospital bills. Caught in a hopeless situation, Han-soo goes to see his father. But this too becomes a difficult and disappointing experience. "Among the scenes depicting the relationship between Han-soo and his mother, there is one in particular that may offend people. Some people seem to interpret Han-soo's relationship with his mother as some kind of Oedipal complex. Washing a mother’s breasts, lying side by side with her, and desiring to touch her private parts – these may be uncomfortable moments because of the preconceptions we might have, but they are actually more natural than unnatural. If people perceive Han-soo’s every action as coming from an Oedipal complex, then this film has been gravely misunderstood. There are aspects to the film that could perhaps be interpreted as such, but it was without any such intention on my part. I even contemplated removing scenes that could remotely hint at such an idea, but I realized doing so would take away too much from the real story, so I kept everything in." Cho Chang-ho
Screenplay: Cho Chang-ho
Cinematographer: Kim Yong-cheol
Art Design: Kim Hye-jin
Editor: Kim Hyung-joo
Composer: Kim Myung-jong
Cast: On Ju-wan, Kim Ho-jung, Ok Ji-young, Park Min-ji
Format, screen ratio: 35mm, 1:1.85, Color
Running time: 108 minutes, 24 frames/sec.
Language: Korean
