Jiseon, a divorcee, works for a public relations company and raises her daughter. Hanmae, a nanny from China looks after the little girl. One day, coming home from work, Jiseon finds that her daughter and Hanmae have simply disappeared. The police and her ex-husband suspect that Jiseon hid the child on purpose because of an ongoing custody battle, so she sets out alone to search for her daughter. Jiseon finds out that Hanmae’s name and status were mere forgery. Can Jiseon track down Hanmae and find her daughter? The mystery surrounding the girl’s disappearance is the film’s driving force, but MISSING isn’t focused on the identify of the criminal. Director E Oni instead observes the environments that both Jiseon and Hanmae are placed in. They are both working women, driven into a corner by a male-dominant society. Hanmae is exposed to violence from her Korean husband and from her mother-in-law, while Jiseon still suffers from her ex-husband his mother’s abusive language. The rigor of living as a woman in Korea creates an emotional solidarity between the two women despite their class difference. (NAM Dong-chul)