A Hot Roof

– A Korean film about a group of women who end up barricaded on the roof of their apartment building i..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
1995
Original Name:
Gyae-got-un nalui ohu
A Hot Roof
A Hot Roof (1995) - Also known as Gyae-got-un nalui ohu

A Korean film about a group of women who end up barricaded on the roof of their apartment building in the middle of a heat wave.

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Release Date:

08 Sep 1995

Language:

Korean

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Plot:

In a suburban apartment on the hottest day of the century, we find the women fanning and chatting in one spot and the men drinking and scratching in another. Soon violence erupts as a husband chases his abused wife into the open. Everyone has seen this before and the men ignore the battering, but today in the heat the women rise up in anger against the wife-beater, who dies on the way to the hospital. As the police arrive, ten women flee to the roof. All of Korea watches on TV as they hold their position for four days and nights, until the situation is resolved in the most unlikely way...

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10

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