Jay, a promising young writer, is about to publish her new book. Geonwoo, Jay′s roommate and lover, works as an English instructor at a private institute and silently assists Jay. Both of them care about each other and are happy as they are. However, Jay’s unplanned pregnancy brings huge changes, causing conflicts between the two. Jay becomes sensitive due to the combined pressures of pregnancy and publishing demands, and Geonwoo sets up an academy running a risk. Birth is an ominously subtle work, the dark themes of which already seem to take shape in the early scene in which Jay and Geonwoo sit at the breakfast table and have a peaceful conversation about a dream. Birth is a sensitive meditation and careful reflection on those in need of life. (JUNG Hanseok)