On a hot summer day, the residents of a five-story apartment complex on the outskirts of Seoul are gathered in the courtyard to escape the sweltering heat. Into their midst rushes Jeong-hui (Ha Yu-mi), who is fleeing from the latest round of her husband's constant physical abuse. When her husband Seong-gu comes after her with his fists flying, the women rally together and give him a sound beating. Unfortunately, Seong-gu dies in the ambulance on his way to the hospital, and the police try to take the neighborhood women into custody for murder. Bewildered, the women jostle to and fro before eventually finding their way to the rooftop of an apartment building. Thus, the rooftop becomes the site of a last stand for ten women, including Geyong-suk (Sohn Suk), an aspiring novelist in her late forties; Ki-sun (Lee Jin-sun), a single woman engaged in an affair with Yeong-hui's father; Yeong-hui's mother (Song Ok-suk), who consequently harbors deep resentment toward Ki-sun; Eun-ju's mother (Kim Bo-yeon), who heads the women residents' association and likes to put herself forward; Pohang-daek (Lim Hee-suk), a fifty-something woman who delivers Chinese food; Yun-hui (Jeong Seon-kyeong), who works as a hostess in a bar; and Yu-mi, a cabaret singer who has helped Jeong-hui up to the roof. The group becomes anxious when a special police strike force is deployed for their capture, but after a while they decide to take a firm stance against their would-be-captors. Just at that moment, an incompetent twosome of burglars (Lee Kyeong-young, Kim Min-jong) who were in the middle of breaking into an empty apartment see the throng of police gathered in the courtyard. They mistake themselves for the police's intended quarry and attempt to flee in terror, but end up trapped in the empty apartment, hemmed in on all sides.

李香（李英爱 饰）是一名在美国深造的韩国留学生，休息日里，李香和在异国结交的朋友们一起前往阿尔及利亚旅游，却在边境线上被阿尔及利亚政府误认为走私贩，遭到了扣押，朋友们接二连三接受了保释，最终只留下李香一人无处求援，一时之间情况十分危急。 北朝鲜和阿尔及利亚维持着建交关系，于是，来自北朝鲜的外交官韩承晔（崔民秀 饰）成为了调查这次事件的负责人。起初，他对莽撞的李香抱有着强烈的怀疑，但随着时间的推移，李香的善良和温柔打动了韩承晔，他决定带着李香踏上逃亡的旅途。两人只身深入广袤凶险的撒哈拉沙漠，一段凄美无望的恋情就此拉开序幕。