Jeougcheol is a construction worker and there are his mentally ill sister and Jinyeong, a girl who has a crush on him. He tries to fix his collapsed house against all odds. The director Park Jungbum studies the internal state of characters and their behaviour with this ambitious film, to find an optimism after all. 朴庭凡导演谈《活着》（上）。朴庭凡导演谈《活着》（下）。活着（韩国版）。
