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[opening theme music playing]

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU TANGERINES

I want you to listen to me. I'm gonna say this again.

I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.

I never told anybody…

[Geum-myeong] The strongest wind

is the one that blows within one's heart.

No power on earth can overcome it.

[Sang-gil] I'm completely innocent in all this.

Absolutely guilt-free.

- No guilt whatsoever. - [door opens]

So then, why?

Why am I no longer the chief and just put out to pasture?

Hey, Park Yeong-ran.

Come here.

[jaunty music playing]

[music fades]

You disrespect me too, huh?

I said to come over here. What the hell do you do at home, huh?

You get to eat white rice with the money I make for you,

and you can't even watch our kid?!

She behaves like that because she takes after you.

- I know everything! - [door slams]

Go to sleep if you're drunk!

What, little jerk? Whose kid are you? Whose side are you on?

Father, do you even know how old I am?

Ha! [chuckles]

[laughs]

- Oh! Hey. - [scoffs]

Hey. Hey, you punk!

Maybe you never came to see me on sports day

because I'm not your kid, after all.

While you hauled ass to see spring flowers or mountains in the winter…

"Hauled ass," really?

…Mom hasn't ever missed a day fixing us a hot lunch.

Hey!

And who brought you your stepmom here, huh?

I can always get you a new stepmom,

but I'm your genitor!

If you guys are gonna break up, I'm going with her.

What boy?

I'm treating you like a dad

only because she lives with you, you know.

Bring the broom here.

Where's the broom?

- Huh? Where's the… Where's the… - Oh-seong, go to your room.

- [thud] - Ow!

You shouldn't be like that to your dad.

Split up with him already! Come on! What's there to lose?

- But I… - [Sang-gil] Who put this here?

I am staying with your father.

- Who put this year? Oh, ow. - I'm staying with him.

[Oh-seong sighs]

[Sang-gil groans]

[Oh-seong] My God! Jeez!

[groans]

I knew it.

You'd never survive without me.

You get to put food on the table thanks to the money I earn.

Huh?

The food I bring to our house.

I'll stay.

I will stay.

How dare… [groans]

We'll grow old together.

Then, I'll see you in paradise.

[exhales]

KNOCK YOU BETTER KNOCK

[intriguing music playing]

Oh shit.

[music fades]

[sighs]

Get out.

[scoffs] You little…

God, I wish I could knock you out with a damn flying kick now.

I said, get out!

Good God.

God, God, God.

[Hyeon-suk grunts, screams]

Mom!

Listen, if you were Han-eum, I would've given you a beating.

You know that?

You have a boyfriend, and you look like you're a battle-worn soldier?

Why… why do you have a photo of Hwang Shin-hye?

If you wanna look like her, you'll need a different body.

Why can't you just leave me alone?

Of all people, how could you be involved with their son?

You idiot. His mother and our, our…

- Damn it. - What about her?

[scoffs] Don't worry about it.

You're gonna be embarrassed when you find out.

Stop this bullshit while I'm still being nice.

[pop music playing]

Let me think about it, then.

[Oh-seong sighs]

You go and tell the guy…

that I'll kill him if I ever see him again.

[Hyeon-suk crying]

[Eum-myeong crying]

Let's just end it, okay?

No, I don't want to!

Is this because of those bastards Oh-seong and Han-eum?

Or is it because of my father?

I am me, and my father is my father. And I don't listen to my dad anyway.

Look, don't tell anyone that we're together anymore.

Don't cut in line at the store and expect me to serve you.

If you're going to the roller rink, please go to Ssangbong.

No, I'm gonna be your girlfriend.

I won't let you date anyone else but me. No way.

If you do, I'm gonna beat up those girls.

You don't believe I will? You don't believe I will?!

Oh, I think you will.

I won't let you end us.

I can't.

- One more thing, Bu Hyeon-suk. - What?

[pop music continues]

You be well.

[Hyeon-suk crying]

[both crying]

[Gyeong-ja] They're crying.

You son of a bitch!

[music ends]

Don't ever let me see you again.

I'll kill you dead!

You're breaking up because you got your ass kicked?

Great! So I'll tell my brothers to keep doing it!

To beat you up each time they see you!

They ever beat you, huh?

Okay, fine. Let's run away.

Make sure they don't catch us.

The arcade, the rolling skating rink, Chilseongtong. I can't go anywhere.

Your brothers' friends are just everywhere.

I got on the bus yesterday,

and the bus driver was one of their friends.

He told me to stay on until the end of the line.

[crying continues]

How can I live here now, huh?

I need to live too.

Then we'll run.

Let's run away.

- What? - I can't live like this either.

My father even broke off my bedroom door.

Do you wanna run away together?

You know, he even said that if I keep seeing you,

he would shave my head and send me to a monastery.

You believe he'll do it?

So then, all of your friends would be monks and nuns.

Are we gonna run or not?

Answer me. Are you or not?

I don't know. [sobs]

[pop music playing]

[both crying]

[car horn honking]

[Gyeong-ja] Honk. Honk. Keep honking. Keep honking the horn.

Keep honking.

They look like the center of the Korean flag.

[laughs] They're having the time of their lives there.

This is their springtime right now.

I mean, is it springtime that's the problem, or is it their bloodline?

- [Eun-myeong] I love you. - [Hyeon-suk] I love you too.

[middle-aged Ae-sun] In retrospect, one realizes springtime was a celebration.

[woman] Come in, son.

But to new growing buds, spring feels like war.

Hello.

You come to my son's too?

Like when new buds push their heads through the concrete.

[thunder rumbling]

[grunts]

[sighs]

You don't even know how to ladle soup.

- [sighs] Did your mother not teach you? - Ah, it's, uh, the seaweed is all tangled.

Hey, keep your hands out!

We don't do that in our home.

The two of you are here. Oh.

This is a great birthday. [chuckles]

[sighs]

[thunder rumbling]

This kimchi is… is so, so good.

It's hard to find good kimchi in Seoul.

I mean, uh, I don't mean kimchi in Seoul is all bad--

I bought it.

[Geum-myeong] Mm. Mm.

[sniffles]

It's been a while since I've had homemade food.

It feels like I could eat two bowls.

We value portion control.

[sighs]

Do your parents know… you come to a boy's apartment?

[chuckles] She's not here a lot. I invited her since it's my birthday.

That wasn't a question for you.

[Yeong-beom sighs]

So, Geum-myeong.

This isn't Yeong-beom's apartment. This is my place.

I got this for him.

I don't… want you frequenting my apartment.

- Mother. - I don't want Geum-myeong in my apartment.

Of course, continue dating. Learn how romance works.

Mom, I told you. I'm dating Geum-myeong 'cause I plan on marrying her.

[chopsticks clatter]

You asked for a place near school, and this is so…

so…

You are my pride.

And now my pride is damaged.

[middle-aged Ae-sun] Love in our hearts was a wind that made each of us waver.

And that wind felt like a typhoon.

Is your family a conglomerate? Like Samsung or Hyundai?

Is your family really so much wealthier than mine?

[sighs]

We go to the same school. My parents care about me

as much as yours care about you.

Why should I feel ashamed that I can't ladle soup, huh?

Do you ladle well? Did your mother teach you?

[sighs] I'm terrible at that.

[sighs] It's so unfair.

[sighs] Everything just feels so wrong.

I… I just… I just feel like a cheap clown,

dancing for a lady who won't like me, no matter what I'm doing.

I can't stand being treated like this. You get that?

I despise that feeling.

[siren wailing]

[Geum-myeong crying]

DIGESTIVE DRINK

Why did you have so much food?

I wanted to try and impress your mother.

That's why I ate so much.

What girl does not want to impress her boyfriend's mother?

I won't get engaged to Mom's pride. Do you understand me?

Now you have to decide.

Choose if you wanna be a good husband or a good son.

You can only be one.

Please, I really don't want a man who needs to please everyone.

Before you think about proposing, you must choose one or the other.

Well, who… who could pick one over the other though? I…

- No man would ever… - Some men would.

What?

My father did it.

Oh.

Let me make myself clear in this.

I won't marry your mother's son, okay?

[Geum-myeong sobs]

[middle-aged Ae-sun] I don't know why she was emotional

about everything at the time.

She was like an owl that screeched all night

at the slightest sound of a breeze.

[radio news music alert playing]

This is Kim Gi-deok on Two O'Clock Date.

So I believe the '90s is indeed the renaissance of mainstream culture.

You could say it's the roaring '90s. [chuckles]

[man] I love this painting.

[woman] I guess he doesn't wanna be Picasso anymore.

See? You can do your job right.

It's so clear.

You can tell what this movie is about.

Just looking at it makes me wanna perform the Lambada. Yeah?

[man laughs]

Good job.

[woman] Oh, that lady's back again.

She always figures out when it's opening night.

[sighs] Where does she get the resale tickets?

I've never sold her any tickets before.

Do you think they might be counterfeit?

[pop music playing on radio]

- [traffic noise] - [car horn honking]

[customer] We're not interested.

[woman 2] Okay, listen.

- [customer] We don't want resale tickets. - [woman 2] No, I just have a question.

Does that look like Choi Jin-sil?

Maybe it doesn't look like her?

- I think it looks like her. - Oh, that means this one is well-drawn.

- Sorry? - [woman 2] Or not. I don't know.

Oh, no. I'm sure. I'm sure, yes.

I heard that was drawn by an art student.

[customer 2] Ah.

Why won't people ever look at that piece of art before they walk in?

Maybe they're busy, but it makes me sad

that they won't look at the painting even once.

It really breaks my heart.

[Geum-myeong] A Picasso lived in the basement floor of the Cannes Theater,

and to someone, this theater was their Louvre.

Stop! Don't resell tickets! Not in my theater!

Scalping is a societal menace! You hear?

No selling resale tickets!

Stop it, I said!

Does that man really think I'm a scalper?

[pop music playing]

[music fades]

Since you're already here, you may as well watch a movie.

This one coming out in two days is really good, I hear.

We're showing it again because it was so popular.

Oh, no. You really shouldn't give out free tickets.

Ah, sure, but you're not just anyone.

This is an employee benefit offered by the owner himself.

[chuckles]

Come at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. It's normally empty then,

so it'll feel like you rented the theater for yourself.

Thank you.

By the way, could you please not tell my son

that I come here to look at his paintings?

Chung-seob doesn't know I come here.

He packs his lunch when he leaves home and comes back fully covered in paint.

Maybe he feels embarrassed, but he doesn't tell me where he paints.

Not everyone gets to paint big pictures.

- If they paint, they're painters. - Of course. Yes.

That painting is so good, and all I want is to see his work.

I've seen every one of my son's drawings since elementary school.

It's one of life's joys.

I look forward to film premieres for that reason.

[Geum-myeong] Hmm.

Uh, our theater would be ruined without "Park-casso."

[feel-good music playing]

[Geum-myeong] Sir, you're not from Seoul, are you?

[Geum-myeong chuckles]

- Wow! - [giggles]

[woman 5] What is it this time?

Did Eun-myeong sell something at school again?

Eun-myeong's mom.

Don't call me that anymore, please.

Should we call you Geum-myeong's mom, then?

Did I get a call from Seoul?

Geum-myeong has a boyfriend.

Of course she's not thinking about Mom and Dad.

[sighs] It's unfair.

It's as if calling us first is a difficult burden.

Well, they're only kids while you're raising them.

Once they leave the nest, they're busier than the president.

Children don't have time for parents once they leave home.

[sighs]

What, did you have another bad dream?

[middle-aged Ae-sun sighs]

Anyway, why did the school call you? Eun-myeong last in his class?

He's not last.

Because Cheol-yong is in that class.

[chuckles]

It's about cigarettes.

You promised you wouldn't spill it.

So does that sneaky little punk smoke, now?

He doesn't smoke.

[Gyeong-ja] He sold them.

He sold some cigarettes.

[laughs]

AUNTIES' SEAFOOD HOUSE

He's something else.

Well, I suppose it's better to sell them than to smoke them.

He goes to the general store, lies to the old man

about the cigarettes being for us,

and he basically acts like a cigarette delivery man.

He even adds a markup on resale.

Honestly, I'm more curious about what Eun-myeong will become than Geum-myeong.

Have you asked him why he does that?

What do you mean why? He's a teenage boy.

He thinks he knows it all.

I mean, you've never asked the boy

why he feels the need to earn cash of his own?

Oh, I'm not sure why he's always out to make cash.

Well, that's why you have to ask.

You may have birthed him, but you can't read his mind.

You know, I noticed you never raise your voice at Geum-myeong,

yet you're only tough on Eun-myeong, right?

Geum-myeong's a tough cookie,

but you're way too overly careful with her, like Jell-O.

Eun-myeong's a laid-back boy, but you're so hard on him.

Geum-myeong is a sensitive and emotional girl like me,

and Eun-myeong is…

- Well-- - A pushover.

- Is that it? - Come on, I never thought that.

If you keep hammering tough shells, maybe they'll seem unaffected at first,

but eventually, you will start to see cracks on the surface.

Don't show your children favoritism, ever.

'Cause they will

always remember.

Well, it's 'cause this is just so irritating.

Oh, but I can't change that he does things that are so awful.

It's not because Geum-myeong is a child you can gloat about

and Eun-myeong is one that you're embarrassed of?

So what? I'm no saint.

So what?

So what?

[sighs]

[man in movie] …may be the star of tomorrow.

A forward-thinking choice.

High-performance Elantra.

So…

I'm indebted to you again. How can I repay you?

Ah…

Don't worry about it.

See, I would love to…

Mm…

If you, uh… Could you do a painting for me?

That way, I might get a high price for it.

Picasso's work got valuable after he died, I heard.

Is there any form of guarantee you'll live longer?

Uh…

- Were you joking? - Uh, yeah, yeah.

Ah.

- I'll go back to the box office now. - Well…

Yes?

Thanks so much, really.

No. It's not like I paid or anything.

No, I mean, my mother, uh…

[uplifting string music playing in movie]

It's her first time watching a movie in a theater.

[laughing]

Oh no. You have to run.

No, you have to run. Have to run.

[gasps]

[indistinct dialogue in movie]

[sobs]

[Chung-seob] She watches This Weekend's Classic Movie on TV every week.

I guess I've been too focused on living my own life.

[Geum-myeong] Our loved ones who sway our hearts.

You know, son?

I started crying from the moment

the projectionist with glasses walked in the room.

Alfredo?

Uh-huh.

How come there was no fire extinguisher in the projection room?

Why did he have to put out the fire? He should've saved himself.

He should've jumped out the window.

Then he would've only broken his legs.

Hmm.

I wonder what he did for a living after he lost his job.

Maybe Toto sent him money because he's a nice boy.

Did you cry because Alfredo couldn't make a living anymore?

[chuckles] You know, Toto is

like you, my son.

Toto reminds me of you.

Ah, so, uh, what did you wanna give to Ms. Yang?

I'll give it to her.

Ms. Yang, your major's English lit?

Yes. [chuckles]

PHOTOCOPY, PRINTING, BINDING

[Chung-seob's mom] You can rely on me until you graduate.

These are all in English. People just won't pick them up.

The total price of these books is quite a lot.

English books are more expensive.

Some of these even have notes in them.

I don't know if I can accept all of these.

This has to be why some prefer daughters.

I'm here all day, 365 days a year.

Seeing my son's work at movie premieres is as much excitement as I can get.

But today, I was absolutely happy.

All thanks to you.

You know, I think I'll remember this day until I die.

[sighs happily]

[Geum-myeong] Uh, well, now that you've said that,

I feel like, maybe, I did an incredible thing.

Oh, Mother, stop adding to the box.

How is she supposed to carry them all?

[Chung-seob's mom] She can't lift this by herself.

Not by herself.

[chuckles]

[feel-good pop music playing]

[music continues on radio]

Want a drink?

Dri… dri… dri… dri…

Drink?

- No drinks, then? - [woman] Your order.

- [Chung-seob] Yeah. - Go on. Take it.

- Thank you. - I don't think so.

- Uh, so, yeah. - Okay.

[Geum-myeong] So…

[clears throat] Um, yes?

If you're thankful, instead of noodles, um, could you help me…

Oh.

Your girlfriend keeps knocking my shoes out of the way at my front door.

She's aware that there's nothing going on between us.

I think it's her way of

processing guilt before she gets married.

Oh, so you're letting your girlfriend marry another man?

[Chung-seob coughs, clears throat]

Wow. How… laid-back of you.

Mm. The man she's marrying is a noodle shop owner's son.

Are they rich because of noodles?

Pildong Noodles.

Really a perfect family to marry into.

She's hesitant

for some reason, but…

So convince her not to marry him.

If she lets go of Picasso for the noodles guy, that's her choice.

You can say to her face,

"You can marry that guy if you want. Not my loss."

Or give her family a gift and say,

"May I ask for your daughter's hand in marriage?"

At least try so you don't have regrets afterwards.

How would you know if I'm better than him?

You don't know me… that well.

Your mom loves you a lot.

So that's why you paint whatever you want.

You have a deep-seated stubbornness in you.

See, I'm precious to my parents too.

I'd like to think that having my chin up

is how I'm the pride of my mother and father.

I'd like to think that. I would.

[clears throat] So…

You don't have to take my side. You don't even know me at all.

What do you mean?

You befriend folks and realize life is life.

No, we're different.

If you get to know them, there's wickedness in all people.

There is.

[Geum-myeong] There was a time

when showing kindness to strangers was dangerous.

[reporter on TV] Less than three months after a 13-year-old was murdered

in the Hwaseong serial killings…

Oh my. I am so sorry again.

Yes, please let me know.

Please.

[Ae-sun's uncle] Those bastards deserve to be beaten to death.

We have the phrase "beat to death" for a reason.

How can a man be that evil?

Oh, is that right? [chuckles]

Oh, okay. Oh, please, please tell Geum-myeong to…

to call me when she gets home if you could…

Oh, okay, okay, okay.

Thanks.

[Ae-sun's uncle] When you kidnap a child, you're not taking one life.

You snuff out three of them at the same time.

How can parents cope with losing a child?

Losing a child is devastating for anyone,

but if that's how you lose your child…

Goodness.

Why? Is Geum-myeong out late again?

I can't figure out what she's up to so late.

I told her to stay home once the sun sets.

Why? You're still having bad dreams?

About what?

It could relate to the ancestral rite coming up.

As a child, on that rites day, you had something happen.

You mean Aegi Hill?

That hill you and I climbed together, remember?

[groans] Just thinking about it gives me chills.

I still recall the smells

on the hill that day.

[girl humming]

[sighs]

Hurry up, now. There's meat on the ancestral rite table.

My dad will give it all to my brother.

You see that black dragonfly?

It's only visible to people but not to other dragonflies.

[girl] Why not?

It's the Grim Reaper for dragonflies.

It's the same for us.

We can't see our Reaper either.

[intriguing music playing]

What is it? Are you gonna catch it?

You go ahead first.

Let's just go.

If I catch that one, other dragonflies won't be killed.

Baby dragonflies probably want to live with their parents too.

Ae-sun, my dad's gonna yell at you again.

[middle-aged Ae-sun] Was that what people call being bewitched?

I don't know why I chased it.

AEGI HILL BUS STOP

[sighs]

[music fades]

I need to ride the bus, but I hurt my leg, so

could you go to that store

and change this coin to ten hwans?

[panting]

What did the shop owner say?

That he's not a local bank.

Did he yell at you?

No, but he did give me side-eye.

That is for your help.

You're a very sweet girl and kind-hearted too.

Obedient as well, aren't you?

But… you don't have to give me this.

Well, then will you help me get more change?

Because I need to ride two different buses.

[uneasy music playing]

Since the store owner didn't like giving you change,

go find the cabbage truck vendor in the alley behind the telephone pole.

Could you get some change from that man?

Then… I'll give you another coin.

My legs hurt pretty badly, as you can see.

[panting]

- [screams] - What are you doing here?

- Mom? - What are you up to?

- What are you doing here, Mom? - Who gave you this money?

[car engine starting]

- Sir! - What?

- You know that guy? - [sighs]

[young Ae-sun] Huh?

That lady was here just now.

[Yi-suk] Gwang-rye said her heart was pounding out of her chest,

but she couldn't say anything because she didn't want to scare you.

But, Mom, what are you doing here?

[middle-aged Ae-sun] It was such an odd coincidence.

I was in a neighborhood that I had never gone to,

and I met my mom, who would never ever go to that neighborhood.

[Yi-suk] You still don't know, do you?

Your mother went out looking for you that day.

I love that I don't have to get firewood, thanks to you.

What's the big deal?

We still have plenty of the wood you brought last time.

[Ae-sun's uncle] This is the least she can do.

Her child's been living and eating here for free for years.

She should do that much for her child support at least.

Don't have Ae-sun carry firewood.

Get rid of jeongjong and put makgeolli on the table.

That's what Han-gyu likes best.

Where is Ae-sun?

[Ae-sun's uncle] She doesn't care that it's her dad's death anniversary.

She just wants to roam all around town.

Where's Ae-sun? We have meat stew. Where is she?

She ran after a Grim Reaper dragonfly.

What?

[Yi-suk] A mother's instinct is a powerful thing.

Apparently, she climbed up and down a mountain that day.

You have to eat the meat stew for your dad.

Why did you run off instead of eating the stew?

Give it to me.

Why?

But this one is mine.

It's bad luck.

[uneasy music playing]

How did you know I was here?

I have eyes on the back of my head, dear.

That's what moms need.

Do you think that lady will come to get her money?

- Ae-sun. - Hmm?

Did the woman see your face?

She did.

Tell me.

What's she look like?

[young Ae-sun] Well, she had a pale face

and odd scratches on one wrist.

[Yi-suk] Can you imagine your mother not going after someone

who'd laid a hand on her child?

[distant ship horn blaring]

[Gyeong-ja] Come see today's first catch!

Come take a look! We'll give you a good rate.

Directly from haenyeos. Three for 50 hwan.

- Come on. It's a good deal. - Fine. Give me one more. One more.

It's the price for risking our lives diving for these.

[customer] Oh, forget it. I don't want it.

Goodness.

What are you doing?

[grunting]

Oh, enough!

Are you going to look at the wrist of every woman in Jeju? Really?

[frustrated sigh]

You're driving all our customers away by yanking their wrists.

Have you been here trying to find the criminal?

That cow saw my daughter's face. Her face.

- I'm gonna get some conches. - Ah.

Conch is basically free.

- Hurry up and eat. - What's your price for these?

[Gyeong-ja laughs]

Well, how much are you offering?

Hey, I sent the boat away.

Why are you always after young girls?

Is there an age limit on who can be a beggar?

If you touch it, you gotta buy it.

They get disobedient if they're too old.

We need kind and sweet children.

That one was exactly right.

Goodness.

What the hell?

You can check her wrist after we sell her something.

This lady must've lost her mind.

What the hell is wrong with you? Let her go!

What the hell? She's strong as a boar.

You piece of shit. Were you going to have my daughter beg for money?

What? You bitch!

Get them!

Get those people!

Get those damn infidels!

[Gwang-rye] Hey, get over here!

My daughter? How dare you!

[grunting]

[Gwang-rye] You bitch!

[screaming]

[middle-aged Ae-sun] So what happened?

[Yi-suk] So she beat her to death, obviously.

[middle-aged Ae-sun] Beat her to death?

[Yi-suk] She and her partner absolutely deserved to be beaten to death.

[woman screams] Get away, you crazy!

[Gwang-rye] Die, you bitch!

[soothing music playing]

In those days,

there was no proper legal system in this country,

so the police didn't say a lot if you killed someone who deserved it.

If you take a man who's practically dead to the station,

the police would just phone it in.

[Yi-suk] They actually used to beat people to death.

It happened to be the day of his ancestral rite.

Your mother said your father saved you that day.

I disagree.

Your mother saved her child that day.

Nothing beats a mother's instinct.

- [woman coughs] - [Yi-suk] Oh.

Mama's up late tonight.

She may forget some things,

but she doesn't forget the day we celebrate her elder son.

[moans] Nothing beats a mother's instinct.

My mother once said to me…

[shrieks]

"…I have eyes on the back of my head."

"That's what moms need."

[phone ringing]

[Bu-seon] Hey.

You have a call.

Okay.

[Bu-seon's dad] My goodness.

Do people in Jeju not watch Eyes of Dawn or what?

She always calls when this show's on.

Yeah, everything's fine.

Anyway, what could happen in a day?

EYES OF DAWN

Are you going to call me every time you have a dream?

Why are you home so late every night? Where are you going every evening?

[sighs] You're acting kind of crazy.

Did they fix that street light in that nearby alley?

It's a scary world out there. You need to be home early.

Sleep at home.

Never outside. 'Cause I can feel it if you do.

Do you call each night 'cause you think I'll have too much fun?

You're not dating anyone, are you?

I won't be able to bear it if you upset me too.

- [sighs] - You are your mom and dad's pride.

My hopes are all in you, so if the pillar of this home starts doing reckless things…

That damn pillar of the home.

Um, why's your hope all in me?

Do you not have your own life?

Think about it.

Even if I sleep somewhere else, what can you do from over there?

If I wanted to fool you, I could do it a hundred times over, Mom.

Well, that's wonderful.

So stop worrying about it, okay?

Please.

You need to live your own life.

Try having a child. Try having a child that's just like you.

You wear those hairpins every day, and I keep looking for them all the time.

Why do I bother buying them for you? You keep losing them anyway.

Thinks she's better than everyone, am I right?

I got these at the hardware store, so I just bought a set.

Go visit her in Seoul and install them yourself.

I bet she can do it herself since she's all that,

and I'm the only one who's worried.

Babies are only children until they leave the nest.

Jeez.

She may have grown into an adult now,

but I see her the same way I always have.

Is this about that dream?

- [sighs] - What is this dream you keep having?

Why won't you say anything? You still having nightmares?

[middle-aged Ae-sun] It's not a nightmare. It's nothing much.

[wind whistling]

[windows rattling]

[wistful piano music playing]

[thunder rumbling]

[hissing]

[windows rattling]

- [gasps] - Oh, for goodness' sake.

I told you I'd give you candy after your food was done, didn't I?

Give me a hug! Mommy!

- Give me a hug! - [moaning]

Miss Oh! Miss Oh! Geum-myeong is in trouble!

Is she bleeding? Tell me! Tell me!

[tense music playing]

[moans]

Oh! I told you I'd give you candy after your food was done.

- Mommy. - Why don't you ever listen to Mommy?

Mommy.

[moaning]

[music fades]

Another nightmare?

[groans]

What are you dreaming about these days?

[tense music playing]

[Ae-sun] I told you I'd give you candy after your food was done.

- [girl] Ms. Oh! - Is she bleeding? Tell me! Tell me!

[wistful piano music playing]

[music intensifies]

Darling.

Look, my darling.

I'll get your sister, and I'll be right back.

Okay?

I'll be right back.

When I return,

I'll give you candy every day.

Hmm?

[Geum-myeong] Mom has suffered

so many great losses.

[wind whistling]

Maybe that's why she worried more.

She believed that always being vigilant could stop misfortunes from happening.

[middle-aged Ae-sun] Geum-myeong. Geum-myeong.

[coughing]

Honey?

Honey? Honey?

Honey?

Baby? Baby?

[panicked breathing]

Oh God. Oh no. Oh God.

Oh, honey. Darling.

Honey. Oh God.

[sobs]

Help me.

Help!

Baby. Baby.

What's wrong with you?

Baby.

We need

to call the doctor.

[melancholy music playing]

[sobbing] Somebody.

Somebody, call the… the ambulance.

Call for an ambulance. Okay, Gwan-sik?

Why won't anyone call for the ambulance?

Geum-myeong. Geum-myeong.

Geum-myeong. Geum-myeong.

[music fades]

[wind whistling]

Help!

[sobs] Help! Ambulance!

Call an ambulance! Somebody!

[melancholy music resumes]

Baby!

[banging on door]

[panicked breathing]

[grunts]

Hey. Why… why did you just… just walk in here like this, huh?

She's inhaled carbon monoxide.

Carbon monoxide!

Oh! Oh no!

Bongcheon.

Bongcheon 5-dong San-108.

108!

108! Yes!

No, no, you need to climb the stairs.

It's impossible to drive here.

Yes, yes.

[panting]

[Geum-myeong] In a time when kindness was hard to find…

Oh God. Oh God. Oh God. Oh God.

Baby.

Baby. Mom's right here. Right here.

…when all three major unsolved crime cases took place in Korea,

Mom called me every night after the nine o'clock news was over.

Here! We're here! Right here!

Her nerves would annoy me.

Here!

Here, here! Sir!

But it was her nerves that saved me that day.

It's so quiet.

[music fades]

[Ae-sun] Honey.

[gasps] Oh, my dear.

Baby. [gasps] Oh!

Are you okay? Oh, goodness.

[Geum-myeong] Just like that, she's saved me countless times.

[gentle pop music playing]

Oh. Oh my!

[gasps]

Oh no. Honey! Hey, babe!

Oh! Oh!

[relieved sigh]

[sighs]

[doctor] You better treat your parents well when you grow up.

If you're so much trouble,

I hope it's because you're gonna accomplish big things.

Will it leave a scar?

You're worried about her scar?

She's lucky it's not worse.

Who would believe that her dad caught her when she fell off the roof?

- [young Geum-myeong] Mom. - [Ae-sun] Oh.

- [young Geum-myeong] Dad. [sobs] - [Ae-sun] Oh my.

[doctor] Why was she on the roof anyway?

She was a magpie, she kept saying.

[Ae-sun] Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. Oh.

[young Geum-myeong crying]

Oh, you got stitches.

It must hurt so much. You sweet little thing.

[Geum-myeong] Many moons later,

when I could no longer speak to her on the phone,

I missed hearing her nervous voice.

- I'm so sorry. Mm? - [sobs]

Sorry, honey.

Sorry.

It's okay. It's okay.

[Geum-myeong] Her heart sank countless times.

I wish I could've shown her how much I appreciated her.

When it's already too late, regret catches up with us.

[gentle pop music continues]

"JUST GET READY AND GO, RIDE THE MOMENT WITH ALL YOU HAVE."

[music fades]