There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk moxia.cc in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.

刚和女朋友分手后的赫真和朋友在酒馆喝酒，说好一起去江原道的旌善旅行。然而第二天朋友们由于醉酒一个个都叫不醒，赫真执导独自出发。他住在一处偏僻的木屋里，结识了几位陌生人，这次旅行向他完全没有预想到的方向发展。幕后制作本片导演卢勇石曾在韩国名族大学学习工业艺术和电影，后再音乐届从事歌曲创作，本片是他的长片处女作，先后在首尔独立电影节、全州电影节以及加拿大的电影节上亮相。“独自旅行令人兴奋。但同时又有着会遇到危险、会没意思等其他阻止你去独自旅行的想法。主角开始了这种不确定的旅行，和各种各样的人相遇，发生各种各样的事情。”而加入了非常具有韩国特色的“白日饮酒”主题则让影片更加有趣。它会让人联想起日本的《赖皮之宿》，充满了幽默感。

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.

1990年代，北京。晨晨（石晨 饰）的爸妈在国外工作，他平日与爷爷（李丁 饰）一起生活。爷爷干了一辈子邮政工作，退休后与孙儿相依为命。一天，祖孙俩把一封已故去的收信人的信件系在风筝上放飞天空，爷爷告诉晨晨：他在天堂会收到的。不久，妈妈（肖雄 饰）从国外回来了，她看不惯公公对晨晨的放任，每天给晨晨布置了英语、钢琴等课程，原有的平静不见了，爷爷搬回了自己的旧居。晨晨日夜思念爷爷，他恨透了什么英语钢琴，整天哭闹不休，妈妈见此若有所思。爷爷的生日到了，晨晨与好伙伴琳琳送来生日贺卡祝福，爷爷带他们外出放风筝，劳累一天后，在孩子们的欢笑声中，爷爷竟然永远“睡”去了......本片获德国第43届柏林国际电影节国际青少年儿童影视中心奖；美国第10届芝加哥儿童电影节最佳影片奖；荷兰第7届儿童电影节最佳影片大奖；伊朗第25届伊斯法罕儿童电电影节最佳导演金蝴蝶奖。