Steel Cold Winter 2013

Seo Yoon-soo, once a top student at one of Seoul’s best high schools, sees his world unravel after a trivial remark he made spirals into a vicious rumor that leads his friend to commit suicide. Unable to bear the guilt, he attempts to kill himself. To help him recover, his family moves to Ijeon-li, a snow-covered village on a mountain. On the day of the move, he spots a mysterious young girl skating by herself on the frozen lake, Hae-won.

Having started school in this small, rural town, he slowly finds peace within. Despite the villagers’ kindness and his peers’ growing fascination with him as a city kid, he keeps to himself. There is, however, one girl who catches his attention: the class outcast.

The aloof girl, who lives alone with her mentally disabled father, is viewed as a pariah by the entire village and constantly at the center of the townsfolk’s gossip. As if seeing himself in her, he offers her sympathy and warmth, and she slowly opens up to him, feeling that he’s the only one who understands and accepts her. But soon, the brutal rumors surrounding her begin to pull him in as well.