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"Melancholia" depicts scandals involving disciples, sexual scandals and corruption at prestigious private high schools in Gangnam.
Lim Soo-jung plays Ji Yoon-soo, a math teacher. She has a gentle face but she has a tough and resolute character that gets her through things that need to be done. She is a romantic teacher who encourages children who are weighed down by the weight of college entrance education to find their own 'answers' and 'proof'.
Lee Do-hyun is starring as Baek Seung-yoo, a math genius. He is quiet and enjoys taking photos but he is a voluntary loser in his class with the worst grades. However, he has a surprising past when he suddenly disappeared after entering MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) at the age of 10 and dropping out of school at the age of 12.