Painter is a character veiled in mystery and seems to exist beyond this world. As usual he spends his time painting while his partner, Driver is in the other room making love to Elbe, whom he met at a club frequented by American soldiers stationed in Korea. Elbe is an Estonian woman with esoteric allure working in Korea to pay of the debt owed by her father to Russian gang. She had been sold different clubs until she ended up where she met Driver. Meeting Driver was her haven and for him, however, she longs to be reunited with her sister still living back at the country. It all ends abruptly when an American Soldier exacts grudge for their relationship. Painter arrives at the field where Driver and Elbe is left to die and gives final consolation to Driver. After loosing his friend Painter travels to Estonia with final remnant of Elbe. There, by strange acts of coincidence, he comes across Kristi, Elbe’s sister. Slowly and silently their lives intertwine. Through her circumstances Painter’s true identity is revealed.