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- Movie: The Last Dining Table
- Hangul: 마지막 밥상
- Revised romanization: Majimak babsang
- Director: Gyeong-tae Roh
- Writer: Gyeong-tae Roh
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: August 10, 2006 (Locarno Film Festival) / April 11, 2008 (South Korea)
- Runtime: 91 min
- Production Budget: US$ 53,000
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Taking as its themes the collapse of family values and the effects of global chaos, The Last Dining Table is a lyrical, meditative creation that fuses surreal imagery with a memorable soundtrack and a minimalist yet multi-layered narrative. The result is an enigmatic portrait of a seemingly unconnected group of characters in the outskirts and slums of Seoul - a grandmother who wants to divorce her dead husband, a mother who works in a mortuary, a father addicted to gambling and a teenage son who works as a cabaret singer. Employing sparse dialogue and stunning cinematography, director Roh Gyeong-tae allows his characters enough time to slowly divulge their stories, before finally uniting them in the film's shocking conclusion.
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