This film takes place during the winter of last year when there was a nationwide slaughter of livestock to put a stop to the foot-and-mouth disease. Filmmaker Yun witnesses hundreds of pigs buried alive in a neighborhood farm. She suddenly realizes that she has never seen a pig before, and decides to follow its life closely. Yun goes deep into the mountains to meet a pig farmer who raises his pigs in a traditional way. Observing the daily routines of the mother pig Ship-soon and her piglet Don-soo, Yun discovers new facts she has never known before. As she develops a bond with the lovely pigs and acknowledges another side of the farm and meat industry, it becomes more difficult for her to enjoy pork cutlets as she used to. And to make matters worse, her husband and young son, Do-young, are not making her choice of daily menus easier. As she falls into a deep dilemma, what is she supposed to do? Her awareness about eating meat begins to penetrate her every day.

구제역이 전국을 휩쓸던 어느 겨울 날, 육아에 바쁘던 영화감독 윤은 살아있는 돼지를 평소에 한번도 본 적이 없었음을 깨닫고 돼지를 찾아 길을 나선다. 산골마을농장에서 돼지들의 일상을 지켜보면서 이제껏 몰랐던 돼지의 새로운 모습을 발견하게 되는데… 그런 윤에게 딜레마가 생긴다. 돼지들과 정이 들며 그들의 영리하고 사랑스러운 모습을 알게 되는 한편 농장의 이면을 알게 될수록, 그 동안 좋아했던 돈가스를 더 이상 마음 편히 먹을 수 없게 된 것. 육식파 남편 영준과 어린 아들 도영은 식단결정을 더욱 복잡하게 한다. 마트에서 반찬거리를 살 때마다, 저녁에 무엇을 먹을까 식당을 고를 때마다 갈등에 빠지게 된 윤. 이제 어떻게 해야 할까?