天生智能障碍的卡尔(比利•鲍伯•松顿 Billy Bob Thornton 饰)生于一个不幸的家庭:迷信宗教的父母总把他当作上天对他们的惩罚,因而十分厌恶他,老是虐打他。自小生活在阴影中的卡尔,8岁的某天撞见了母亲和一名拉皮条的人偷情,压抑的情绪瞬间爆发,他用弹簧刀将两人都刺死了。自此以后的25年岁月里,卡尔都在精神病院里度过。
Ji-yeon and Do-jin are exhausted from years of IVF treatment. They don't remember what life was like before. She continues to experience the pain of separation from a child she has never met. Do-jin is worried about her health and wants her to quit, but she can't. "Why can't I be a mother?" She won't give up.