Min (Min Oo) has an itchy flaky rash that covers the upper part of his body When Roong (Kanokporn Tongaram) the young factory worker who cares for him & Orn (Jenjira Jansuda) a much older woman take Roong to see a doctor he has to pretend he can't speak because he has had a severe sore throat since childhood when in fact he doesn't speak because he's an illegal immigrant from Burma & is not at all fluent in Thai The doctor treats him but won't supply him with the medical papers necessary to get a work permit because he doesn't have the required paperwork Min later visits her husband at work & mentions that she'd like to have another child Her husband is sympathetic but is afraid to try again because their first-born child died