When a U.S. marine insults a coat at a bazaar in Beijing, the heartbroken face of the young boy hand-sewing the coats haunts him. The marine must find a way to make it up to the young boy.

In an attempt to impress his emotionally distant father, a boy ridicules his mother, who has loved him unconditionally even in his father's absence. Wracked with guilt, he yearns for her forgiveness - only to find that she does not hold it against him.