颇有音乐才华的年轻音乐家李光秀，因为一段黑暗的过去而一直生活在绝望之中。某日，他遇上了热爱电影的小演员朴宗满，以及休学中的音乐大学生Sehi，三个人的命运也因此出现重大的改变……

Kwang Su (Shin Hyun Jun) has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of a shameful family history. He lives in a state of perpetual despair. By contrast, Jong Man (Lee Byung Hun) works as a bartender and spends his days dreaming of becoming an international movie star and his nights filming himself and contacting top Hollywood production companies in the hope that one day he will get his lucky break. Then there is the shy girl Se Hee who works in a music store. When Kwang Su stumbles into the music store, blind drunk, but still able to bash out a tune on a piano, Se Hee falls instantly in love. When Kwang Su stumbles into the bar where Jong Man works, he finds himself arrested for his brother's murder. But fortunately he manages to escape from the police, bumps into Jong Man who instantly lets him stay in his apartment.

불우한 가족사의 그늘에서 벗어나지 못하고 방황하는 광수(신현준), 매일밤 헐리웃 영화사에 자신의 시놉시스를 팩스로 날리며 세계적 스타로의 꿈을 키우는 종만(이병헌), 그리고 바이올린을 전공한 음대 휴학생으로 자신이 일하던 악기점에서 광수와 마주친 후 헌신적인 사랑에 빠져드는 세희(전선경). 광수가 살인 누명을 쓰고 수감되던 날 종만은 광수가 미처 챙기지 못한 악보를 보관하게 되고 악보를 통해 광수의 재능을 알게 된다. 출소하던 날 광수는 악기점으로 찾아가고...