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THE DINNER

  • Director
    KIM Dong-hyun
  • Year
    2014
  • Nationality
    Korea
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Status
    Release(January 23, 2014)
  • Starring
    JUNG Eui-gap, PARK Se-jin, JEON Kwang-jin, LEE Eun-joo
  • Running Time
    125min
  • Festival & Review


    • 2013

      18th Busan International Film Festival - Closing Film



      2014

      17th Shanghai International Film Festival - Panorama

      9th London Korean Film Festival


  • Ordinary family lived everyday llife before the unexpected misfortune wipes it all out

    • SYNOPSIS
      The daughter and sons are busy. The daughter, Kyun-jin, has got divorced and is now taking care of her autistic son. The oldest son, In-chul, has lost his job and is busy finding another job. The youngest son, In-ho, doesn't have a decent job but manages to get by through driving a delivery truck and working as a chauffeur. Their parents don't blame their children for not calling or visiting on their mother's birthday. The father makes a gift of a hamburger to his wife. She had never tasted one before, but enjoys it instead of a birthday cake. The youngest son, In-ho, argues with a customer over money, killing him on his mother's birthday.
    • DIRECTOR INFO
      • KIM Dong-hyun Kim Dong-hyun began his career as Bae Yong-kyoon's assistant director on The People in White. His 2004 short film A Starving Day won the grand prize at the Seoul Independent Film Festival and his second feature, Hello Stranger, won the NETPAC award at Busan in 2007. His credits also include A Shark(2005).
    • MATERIAL