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Writer's block may be the least of rookie filmmaker Ryu Young Jae's problems. His girlfriend ditched him, his first feature production is falling apart, and things are looking like they'll only get worse in this absurd adventure from one of South Korea 's edgiest young filmmakers.
Dong-kyu has a truly curious job: collecting proof to denounce the free distribution of plastic bags. In a take-away restaurant he is caught off-guard by Sinae, an employee who runs after him and hits him on the head. Dong-kyu comes to and pretends he's amnesic. Si-nae takes him to her home, marking the beginning of a strange company of five.
Hyung-geun and Dong-hwan are pushing twenty. They just want to go somewhere far away and should go somewhere. They even don't know where it is. There are some people who support them. Where they are or what do they do, it is good to be together.
They're losers, but nice ones. Every day they sit at Yeri's bar, smitten by the young Chinese-Korean woman. Yeri doesn't have a preference. To her, they are equally sweet: Jongbin, a milk-drinking epileptic, Ikjune, a former petty criminal, and the introverted Jungbum, who fled from North Korea.
Si-hyung, who wants to be a novelist but has never completed one yet. He promises to write an essay every month to his cousin's husband Jong-pil while drunk. He doesn't have any source to write, however, he experiences special meetings one day in a month. 7 months and 7 meetings. This is the story of those one day's.
January 17, 2009 at 3:00 am. Hyuk-geun was waiting for the Cha-kyung. June 17, 2009 at 3:00 am. Hyuk-geun is still waiting for the Cha-kyung. Whether or not she know that Hyuk-geun is still waiting for the Cha-kyung, Cha[kyung said she wants to be born as an elephant.
In the year 2006, Yumi develops a crush on a video store clerk, Ji-hwan, who can’t speak. As they get closer to each other, one day, Yumi has to move to a different city. She confesses her true feelings for him but receives no answer from Ji-hwan. Five years later, we meet Yumi, and she´s slowly losing her sight. She decides to embark on the journey to see him before it´s too late.
In the era of cinema banned, Tae-hee, Hee-jun, Yong-seok, Hyun-sung, and Hyo-jin arrive at where they have been one day, reminiscing about cinema (in their own ways). They then finally set off on a long journey to meet new cinema.
seg.1) Jong-soo misses his roomate Yeong-joo, who is gone. He's embarassed he misses someone who wasn't even his lover, but a close roomate. Meanwhile, Yeong-joo knew this day would come. seg.2) Min-ha is full of vitality. Ki-cheol lives in the greenhouse built by her. They've lived together for almost three years. One day Ji-hye bumps in between them. seg.3) Lovers Yoon and Cheol decide to spend a day up in the mountains. However, Yoon suddenly pours her heart out on all the things she was upset about at Cheol. seg.4) Sang-won is working at an electronics department and having a secret relationship with an elderly woman who is from the store across. As spring approaches Sang-won starts to feel weak. seg.5) One warm afternoon, Min-jae was taking a nap and Ji-hong woke him up. seg.6) Byeong-goo, a former boxer has been caught in a punch-drunk. Byeong-Gu realizes he doesn't have much time life and starts boxing again.
It is the film in which evocativeness is dancing, evocativeness probably occuring to anyone all of a sudden.
Jong-su misses his roomate Young-ju, who is gone. He's embarassed he misses someone who wasn't even his lover, but a close roomate. Meanwhile, Young-ju knew this day would come.