Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

Hye-gok (Lee Pan-yong) left his city life behind and came to a remote monastery wanting Enlightenment. He lives there with an aging master and Hae-jin (Hwang Hae-jin), a small orphan boy, and the three share a daily routine of chores and silence. Bae Yong-kyun, a painter who spent seven years making the film with one camera, follows Hye-gok as he tries to put his old life down and finds it will not stay put.