A Hot Roof

Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., Apr. 18, 2026, 9:15 – 10:55 p.m.



Kim Jee-woon’s sensational directorial debut foreshadows his enduring fascination with enclosed spaces. Released in the wake of South Korea’s 1997 financial collapse—marked by a $58 billion IMF bailout and seismic economic restructuring—The Quiet Family follows a seemingly ordinary family’s descent into serial crime; the secluded inn they run becomes a paradoxical space: at once a container that keeps their mounting violence within the boundaries of their family network, and an incubator that breeds further transgressions that must be literally buried.

Gazette Classification: Diversity and Inclusion, Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $10 - Regular Admission / $8 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard staff and Senior Citizens. Harvard students free.
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