人到中年的崔海甲（金允石 饰）是一个超级愤世嫉俗的大叔级导演，他质疑一切国家政策，嘲笑球迷四年一度爆发的爱国热情，指责政府剥削民脂民膏。他的乖张举止虽然得到贤惠的妻子安凤熙（吴妍秀 饰）的包容，但是却也给家人带来不少的麻烦，家中小店鲜少有人光顾，海甲本人则被公安部门作为赤色分子重点关照。来自周遭的压力和排挤越来越大，海甲带着老婆、儿子娜罗、小女儿娜来来到家乡的南方小岛，在废弃的民居展开全新生活。清新的空气，自由的人生，而老愤青海甲关于民主和自由的抗争仍未结束…… 　　本片根据日本作家奥田英朗的同名原作改编，此前该小说曾由已故日本导演森田芳光搬上银幕。

已屆中年的崔海甲是一個超級憤世嫉俗的導演，他質疑一切國家政策，指責政府剝削民脂民膏。他的乖張舉止雖然得到妻子的包容，卻也給家人帶來不少麻煩，隨著來自周遭的壓力越來越大，他決定帶著家人到南方小島展開全新生活。隨後得知小島即將被政府賣給大企業作為私用，崔海甲的自由奮鬥史可沒這麼簡單就結束！

Hae-gap is a director who makes anti-government documentary films. One day, Hae-gap’s son, Na-ra, runs away from home, but Man-deok, a freeloader living in Hae-gap’s house ends up bringing him back. Later, Man-deok raids the head developer of Deul Island to stop its exploitation, and Na-ra helps and ends up getting caught. In order to bring Na-ra out from jail, Hae-gap signs to stop making anti-government films and moves to Deul Island with his family. Na-ra sees his father leading a good, quiet life there and starts opening up. But when a construction company charges in to clear-out the island and the islanders fall at risk of losing their homes, Hae-gap leads a strike against it and his family fall in grave danger...

못마땅한 건 안 하고, 할 말은 하는 이 시대의 갑, 최해갑 가족이 온다! 못마땅한 건 안하고, 할 말은 하며 살고 싶은 최해갑과 가족들. 너무 애쓰지 않아도, 남들과 달라도 잘 살수 있다고 믿는 그들은 행복을 찾아 남쪽 섬으로 떠난다. 그러나 평화로운 생활도 잠시, 섬을 뒤흔드는 뜻밖의 사건에 부딪히게 되는데...

La película sigue a un padre anarquista y a su hijo adolescente. Él no deja que su hijo consuma bebidas cola o café debido a su creencia de que son realizados por empresas extranjeras que destruyen los negocios locales. Tampoco le permite que asista a la escuela debido a su desconfianza en el sistema escolar. Su hijo no puede comprender las maneras de su padre, pero entonces tendrán que viajar juntos hacia el sur, y con el tiempo, él comenzará a entenderlo.