Hearty Paws

Eleven-year-old Chan-yi shoulders the care of his younger sister So-yi alone after their mother departs to seek her own future. Abandoned by family and neighbors, the siblings navigate a stark, empty house, their bond a fragile lifeline. Their precarious existence shifts when Chan-yi, desperate for a birthday gift for his sister, steals a tiny puppy from an old couple's kennel. The arrival of this vulnerable creature presents a new burden yet also sparks a fragile hope, weaving the three outcasts into an unlikely, tender family unit.