Han is an elementary school student who lives in a remote mountain village with his grandmother, after his parents’ divorce. His mother left for a city to search for a job. One day, on his way home from school, Han sees a man using a net to catch wild sparrows, one of which falls to the ground, barely breathing. Han brings the injured sparrow back home, but the bird dies. When he tells his grandmother about the man catching wild sparrows, she tells him that he should never hurt the birds because birds in the forest are spirits of the land that protect the forest from evil spirits. On the same day, his mother makes a surprise visit home, but seeing her for the first time in so long makes Han feel awkward around her. Han has to leave the mountain village because the school will shut down the next year. He doesn’t want to leave his grandmother, but he has no choice to follow his mother to the city. Han doesn’t understand his mother’s life in the city. Han’s mother grows frustrated at the reality, as she is unable to provide Han a better environment to grow up in. Their relationship becomes fraught with tension, and the audience is left to wonder—Is there a spirit that will protect this little family? (CHAE Bohyun)