在这部重量剧情片中,女人因为自己的衣店需要童工，收养了男孩Jung并把他关在阁楼上。女人自己有个幻想变成女性的儿子，一直憎恶着自己的身体。尽管Jung同情和喜欢这个年幼的弟弟，但生活的重量让他难于呼吸。两人最终发展出一段爱恨纠缠的感情关系。而当成年Jung开始在停尸间工作，尸体成为了和他跳 舞的幻中现实...韩国导演全奎焕继“城市三部曲”后又一部探索反思现代社会冷漠与悲情的电影，入围第69届威尼斯电影节“威尼斯之夜”单元。 ◎QAF
The Weight, portrays the life of Jung(Cho Jae-Huyn) who grew up as an orphan and was adopted into a family of only a mother and a son. Jung is now a hunchback man due to scoliosis and is a live-in mortician taking care of corpses in the most eerie manner. His brother wants to become a woman and their mother, who now hates both of her sons, will not accept her real son's female identity. Jung lives a secluded life trying to deal with his family's problems along with his own.
身体上的缺陷可以用手术来弥补，而精神上的创伤却只能用死亡得以安抚（含剧透，慎入）。《重量》：筑建内心的辉煌。没有语言门槛的电影。压。
