It was one day after summer vacation, in 2008. Sojeong, a senior high school student, lives with her sick mother, but dreams to live alone and be a musician though the reality is frustrating. Just listening to music on MP3 and writing down the lyrics of the songs she wrote on her mini-homepage is Sojeong´s only escape.
A coal mine in the Donbas region is infiltrated by a haywire cult that invites members to sacrifice a finger to the "sacred ax"--but two rugged miners fight back when a sweet village girl falls into the fold.