Nam Kyung-woo

A film constructed like a music piece. A girl and a boy walk in the streets of their city. They both look lonely. The streets are almost devoid of people. What are the two looking for? They continue walking and it looks like they must somehow or somewhere cross each other’s paths.

Inserts depicts the story of a man and woman who meet on a film set and are drawn to each other; the narratives are expressed through unexpected situations, witty dialogue, and quirky rhythm.

Around two o’clock in the afternoon at the park, a woman is reading a book on a bench. Meanwhile, a bird flies on a tree, the clouds cover the sun, a cat grooms itself, the waterwheel spins, pigeons rest on the pavement, a man loiters in the corner of the lawn, a butterfly flutters from flower to flower, the fountain gushes, carps swim in the pond, and ants go about their business.

Ju-a, a 15-year-old girl born and raised in Chuncheon, a small tourist town in Gangwon Province, spends her summer vacation swimming with her friends during the day and helping her mother, who runs an old restaurant, at night. Then, one day, a massive typhoon hits her hometown, and the statue, the town's landmark, disappears.

Kisun, who is an administrative staff of a high school, one day becomes curious about a soccer club student, Jinsoo all of the sudden. Kisun’s ex-lover, Hyejin quits her job as a office lady and is busy renovating her mother’s small restaurant. Hyunsoo, the courier, is the only free brushing past these people and someone is watching all of this.

In a world where, due to a national economic crisis, the government provides euthanasia pills to individuals past a certain age, government officials visit Jiman's house.

On school picture day, Hana is offered ten thousand won for the sock she is wearing. Soon after, for reasons she can't quite explain, the money begins to weigh on her in an unsettling way.

Eunwoo, Seungwoo, and Yunyoung met at a support group for survivors of suicide loss. Having each experienced the loss of someone close to them, they often spend time together. They visit the Hantan River together, where Seungwoo's late father's ashes were scattered, and help Yunyoung move into her first place of her own. It was those they lost who brought the three of them together.