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The film opens with the Kim family living in a small semi-basement apartment, where father Ki-Taek, mother Chung-Sook, and their children Ki-Woo and Ki-Jung make ends meet by folding pizza boxes. Their daily existence is fraught with hardship—stealing Wi-Fi from neighbors and exposing themselves to toxic fumes is a testament to their desperation. The family's bleak situation is buttressed by the arrival of Ki-Woo’s friend Min-Hyuk, who brings a scholar's rock—the supposed harbinger of wealth—and proposes a tutoring job for Ki-Woo, who has struggled with university entrance exams.