Mo Geum-san is a barber living in the rural area, who once aspired to be an actor. He starts to have doubts about his humdrum life after the village health center advises him to be examined at a larger hospital. He comes up with a plan to give a gift to his beloved ones in the coming Christmas. The plan is to invite everyone to the local culture center and to screen his self-made comedy movie based on his own tragic life.
Hayoung, a successful dog trainer, is visited by her sister, Sora, who has a criminal record for murder. As Sora's bizarre behavior unsettles the training center and Hayoung's daily routine, buried truths and repressed desires start to rise to the surface.
Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.