The movie starts at Nampyung Station, a small train station, on a day in May. The train from Gwangju was supposed to arrive, but it didn't. Two staffs attempt to reach out, but nobody picks up the phone. The chief tries to calm himself down, saying his family in Gwangju would be safe now. The film, without direct depiction, masterfully illustrates people's sadness and anxiety around the time of the Gwangju uprising.

꽃가루 휘날리는 오월의 남평역, 광주행 열차가 갑자기 오지 않는다. 역장과 조역장은 광주역에 연락을 취해 보지만 전화조차 되지 않는다.