Lee Jung-eun, Jung Eun-ji, Choi Jin-hyuk 3.6 per cent “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.” Wise words, even though they appear on an oily con artist’s business card early on in the fantasy comedy .
The adage will surely apply to the poor woman the man is trying to scam, although it may take her some time to realise it. Mi-jin as played by the younger Jung is a desperate jobseeker who has been trying to land decent employment for seven years. She lives with her working-class parents and her mother’s patience has long worn thin.
Owing to a snafu at her latest failed job interview, during which another woman called Lee Mi-jin was a successful applicant, her mother now believes that the search is finally over. Bereft, Mi-jin does not have the heart or courage to tell her the truth. Now even more desperate, she turns to the man who gave her the business card, who promises her he can get her a good job for a fee.
She forks over the cash and the man gets up to leave. He chases down and catches the man, but this does not solve Mi-jin’s latest problem, as the money, which she secretly took out of her mother’s savings, has already been transferred elsewhere. Mi-jin’s guilt intensifies when she returns home to congratulatory gifts from her parents.
That night, she bares her soul in the yard to a stray cat. When the cat jumps into one of her mother’s large clay pots, she hops in after it and loses consciousness. In the cold light of day, she wakes up i.