Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefKorean Oscar-winner “Parasite” gleefully poked fun at South Korea’s bourgeoisie. Hur Jin-ho’s “The Dinner” is set to give the middle classes another skewering.The project is an adaptation of Dutch novel ‘Het Diner’ (“The Dinner”) written by Herman Koch.
With the setting transposed to Asia, Hur will peek under the tablecloth to uncover another dirty side to Korean society.Two brothers a materially-motivated lawyer, and an idealistic surgeon, meet once a month for dinner.
During one such meal the two couples must discuss how to deal with the worst nightmare they have faced as parents, their children’s criminal assault on a vagrant.
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