Noisy neighbours are an all-too-common scourge of Asia’s overcrowded cities, but what do you do when their intimate nocturnal antics become too loud to ignore?

For the protagonists of Ha Jung-woo’s The People Upstairs, which just premiered at the 30th Busan International Film Festival, a direct approach backfires spectacularly, leading to an uncomfortable and frequently hilarious dinner party between two wildly different couples.

This relocated adaptation of Cesc Gay’s Sentimental is the latest in a string of Korean remakes of Spanish films, which also includes Door Lock and Intimate Strangers (both from 2018). The new film stars Gong Hyo-jin and Kim Dong-wook as a married couple whose relationship has grown so stagnant that they sleep in separate rooms and avoid any semblance of intimacy.

Read my South China Morning Post review