The protagonist Miko (played by Yoon Jingji) is a 65-year-old woman who lives in a small town. Every day, she will dress herself spotlessly and go out to do nursing work. As she grows older, her memory slowly declines, but she still works hard in a poetry class. Her life seems to be peaceful, but there are many unspeakable things, such as the disabled elderly man she looked after forced to have sex with her in the bathtub; there was also a girl because of her grandson and a group of unhealthy things. The boy committed suicide after raped. Fortunately, reading poems under the light every night can make her forget these unhappiness. At the end of the poetry class, everyone needs to write a poem and hand in homework. On the way to apologize to the girl who committed suicide, she was attracted by the wild flowers on the road, beautiful poems came to her mind, but she forgot what she was going to do
Director Li Cangdong always cares about the real lives of ordinary people. The film focuses on the inner world of elderly women. Unlike previous works, Miko, as the protagonist, is not at the core of the important events in the film. She is neither a "victim" nor a "harmful", but as an intervener, using her eyes to observe all around her.
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