Three generations of women — grandmother, mother and daughter — live in a house on a remote island. The grandmother remains silent all day long, while the mother drowns her sorrows in alcohol. The younger brother never truly grows up. The daughter Su Min chooses to leave and works as a bird scarer at an airport. After a fire breaks out at home, she returns to the island with tangled emotions. The arrival of a mysterious fire-eating bird shatters the long-standing peace, gradually unearthing the family’s long-buried secrets and repressed feelings.

要过年了，很快就是春天，但是鱼塘主五爷的生命却到了尽头。五爷是个德高望众的复员军人，伙计们知他将不久人世，纷纷借着给他祝寿的机会，为他精心准备着各种寿礼。丹姐也使出浑身解数对五爷做起死回生的守护。五爷的徒弟增辉带来嫂侄为五爷做寿，并托五爷照顾，自己去外面结回一年的工钱便一起回老家过年，没想到引来杀身之祸……