Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.
Cuenta la historia de un triángulo amoroso entre un profesor de piano puritano y conservador, su esposa aparentemente ideal y la taciturna sirvienta de la casa. En 2010, el director surcoreano Lim Sang-soo realizó un remake con Jeon Do-yeon y Lee Jeong-jae en los papeles principales.
