The events that precede and follow, for each of those present in turn, when a young woman is asked for verification of her identity one time too many, in this case when presenting a check at a convenience store. Despite the repetition of the central scene the personal stories and consequences are interestingly varied and unpredictable. The problem for the central character is that her country allows her no usable identity following her change of sex. This was true for the lead actress, South Korea's most famed woman of transsexual history, Ha Ri-su, but that is about as far as the plot bears any resemblance to her actual life. Since the film was released the actress became, by a landmark court case, the first in her country to to be allowed proper recognition and papers. There are of course many other countries which still impose the same difficulties on similar young women.

형광등 불빛이 환한 편의점 안에서 우발적인 살인사건이 일어난다. 망연자실한 체 시체 곁에 서 있는 세 사람. 편의점 종업원 Y가 깨지는 듯한 비명을 지르면서 영화는 이 세 사람이 어떻게 편의점에 모이게 됐는지 거슬러 올라간다. 연인의 부모에게 냉대받은 뒤 술을 사러 편의점에 들른 J와 매니저에게 이용만 당하는 배우 지망생 Y는 남자 때문에 절망하거나 멍이 든 공통점이 있다. 우연히 사건에 얽혀든 R은 이들을 담아 만들고 있던 다큐멘터리를 만들기로 하는데...