No Other Choice

Man-su, an award-winning veteran employee of papermaking company Solar Paper, lives happily in luxury with his wife Mi-ri and their two children: Si-one, Mi-ri's teenage son from a previous marriage, and Ri-one, an autistic cello prodigy who won't play in front of her family. However, Solar Paper is bought out by an American company who lay off a number of staff, including a devastated Man-su after he objects to the treatment his subordinates would face. After informing his family, he vows to resume papermaking within three months.