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The Quiet Family

1998 · 101 min

A deadpan, escalating farce where corpses pile up and a family's panic turns into grim, absurd comedy.

Directed by
Kim Jee-woon
Genres
Horror, Comedy, Crime
Starring
Park In-hwan, Na Moon-hee, Choi Min-sik
Tagline
The ruthless comedy.
Overview
A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.

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Directed by
Kim Jee-woon
Genres
Horror, Comedy, Crime
Starring
Park In-hwan, Na Moon-hee, Choi Min-sik
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • family
  • guilt
  • crime
  • greed
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Starring
Park In-hwan, Na Moon-hee, Choi Min-sik, Song Kang-ho, Lee Yoon-seong, Go Ho-kyung, Ji Soo-won, Lee Ki-young
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
101 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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