DreamPalacedepictstheconflictbetweenpeoplewhoholdontoanapartmentbuilding.Hyejung(KimSunyoung)haslostherhusbandinanindustrialaccidentandaddsthesettlementmoneytomoveintothenewapartmentcalledDreamPalace.Shebelatedlylearnsthattheapartmentsareinanunsoldstateandhavedefects,buttheresidentswhoareworriedthathousingpriceswillfalltrytosilenceHyejung,whoisprotesting.Hyejung,wholeftthelaborprotestsiteincompromisewithreality,hasnochoicebuttostartanotherprotesttoprotecttheapartmentsheboughtatthecostofherhusband′slife.Thefilmdoesnotlevelanattackagainstmassselfishness,insufficientsafetypolicies,orwidespreadsystemfailures.Instead,itpersuasivelydescribestheharshnessofsocietythatdoesnotallowsmallactsofselfishnesstolivehappily.Itisasolidanddeepsocialdramathatmakesusreachtheessenceoftheproblemwhenwefollowthetangledthreadfromwhereitwentwrong