A Normal Family

Successful lawyer Jae-wan and his brother Jae-gyu , a doctor, and their wives regularly dine together at expensive restaurants. Jae Wan has recently taken on defending a savage road rage case involving the brattish son of a wealthy businessman who hopes he can buy his way out of trouble, while Jae-gyu holds high personal ideals and puts his patients ahead of his own interests. These conflicting standards come to a head during one of these dinners, when it becomes apparent that their teenage children have committed an unforgivably callous crime which has implications for all of them.

Hur Jin-ho’s meticulously constructed drama probes an uncomfortable moral dilemma from opposing viewpoints as their differing ideals and principles are eroded by a testing real life situation. Four superb performances draw on an incisive script adapted from Herman Koch’s novel The Dinner, revealing a complex web of social and personal issues and motivations.