Nicknamed the "school for future criminals," Yuseong Technical High School isn't exactly the ideal place to study. A rarity among his peers, Ga-min is a student with just one goal: to get into university. At a school where it's every man for himself, he is rejected from countless study groups before he decides to form his own. Will he be able to defeat the odds and achieve his dreams?

Based on Elisa Shua’s novel of the same name (awarded America’s 2021 National Book Award), the story unfolds in Sokcho, a small seaside town in South Korea, where 23-year-old Soo-Ha leads a humdrum life. The arrival of a French man called Kerrand in the boarding school where she works stirs up questions over her own identity. As winter envelops the town, they observe one another, size each other up and form a fragile bond… The film will also include animated sequences made by Agnès Patron.