[1][2] Lead actor Mahbub Alam is a longtime resident of South Korea who entered the country as a migrant worker.

An intellectual whose academic degree was not recognized in South Korea, Karim's work permit is about to expire and he's still owed a year's pay by a previous employer, Shin (Jung Dong-gyu), who's not taking his calls; meanwhile, his wife back home is giving him a hard time about money problems.

Seventeen-year-old high schooler Min-seo (Baek Jin-hee) is a social loner at odds with her mother, Eun-joo (Lee Il-hwa), who has a jobless, live-in lover, Ki-hong (Park Hyuk-kwon), whom she's planning to marry.

Minseo's friends all take after-school classes at study institutes, but her single mother can't afford to pay for them.

They slowly form a mutual understanding, with the girl asking indiscreet questions and the gentleman preaching about problems in South Korean society.