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APM A mild-mannered father who has always kept the peace takes on the system after his young daughter is bullied at school in “The Family Table,” a Korean drama from director Lee Hanju.
The project is part of the Asian Project Market, which runs within the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM).
Gyu-seong, 42, and Seon-gyeong, his 43-year-old wife, are building an unremarkable life with their two kids when they learn that their 12-year-old daughter Ji-woo has been the target of sexually inappropriate comments at school. The school falls back on procedure to keep a lid on things, and a school violence review committee wraps up without a firm finding. Gyu-seong takes legal action. As the fight wears on, money worries and the scrutiny of people around them chip away at the family’s income and its bonds. Then secrets emerge about Chan-yeong, a 12-year-old boy the family has only ever seen as the culprit, and the case swerves. Gyu-seong starts to wonder whether he is really fighting for his daughter or settling scores from a life of swallowed resentment.
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