When a young woman learns that her fiancé is cheating on her, she leaves her school and goes to remote village as a teacher. In the village where she goes, her unprecedented behavior disturbs some villagers. Complained about by the villagers, she is forced to justify herself to the inspector assigned to investigate the allegations against her.

Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.