The film is based on the original novel by Korean author Kim Doyeon. Despite his father’s objections, an old bachelor and poet takes his cow to a cattle market. He fails to sell his cow and starts a journey to visit cattle markets across the country. On the road, he hears the news of a friend’s death. His dead friend and the dead man’s widow used to be his best friends. So he and his cow continue their journey with the widow.
The cow, which is a vital Buddhist symbol, represents a life of seeking the truth. In the film, the cow embodies friend, wife, karma, and even an image of Buddha. As life has its ups and downs, the main character is locked up at a police station overnight after his father reports him as a thief. The journey with a cow illustrates a life in search of the truth, and director Lim succeeded in describing an attractive life in her relaxed touch. (LEE Sang-yong)

Source : Busan International Film Festival

Story

An old but unmarried man lives in the countryside. He is a poet on his way to sell a cow. Unexpectedly, the man heads to a friend's funeral. Along the way his ex-lover (played byKong Hyo-Jin) accompanies the man and his cow ...