The amalgam Kang Dae-gyu creates here is quite complex, since the seriousness of the main topic is lightened by the musical premises and the many moments of comedy, with him implementing a narrative of episodic nature in order to retain the balance that definitely in its entertainment goals.
The problems these women have to face however, are still there, and Jeong-hye not being able to sing is the least of them. Thus, and after many tribulations, a number of convicts are either convinced or quite eager to participate in the endeavor, and a choir is formed, despite the protests of Section Chief Bang. Furthermore, another convict, who has just come in prison and is quite negative and even offensive against everybody, eventually proves to have a great voice.
Luckily for her, one of her closest friends, elderly Kim Moon-ok was a musical professor at a university, before she got in death row for a crime that is revealed later on. As the time that she has to give the baby for adoption is up, she experiences much stress, and for reasons that are not fully explained in the film, she decides to form a prison choir. However, she was pregnant at the time of the crime, and now, 18 months later, she finds herself raising her child in prison, with the help of a number of sympathetic prisoners, and a kind-hearted jailer named Na-yeong. The story revolves around Hong Jeong-hye, who is serving 10 years in prison after killing her abusive husband.
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