The Day a Pig Fell into the Well
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| Hangul | 돼지가 우물에 빠진 날 |
| Revised Romanization | Dwaejiga umure ppajin nal |
| McCune–Reischauer | Twaeji ka umul e ppajin nal |
| Directed by | Hong Sang-soo |
| Written by | Kyo Hyo-seo |
| Starring | Kim Eui-sung Lee Eung-kyung Jo Eun-sook Park Jin-song Bang Eun-hee |
| Cinematography | Cho Dong-kwan |
| Edited by | Park Gok-ji |
| Music by | Ok Kil-sung |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (돼지가 우물에 빠진 날, Dwaejiga umul-e ppajin nal) is a 1996 South Korean drama film and the directorial debut of Hong Sang-soo.[1] It stars Bang Eun-hee, Jo Eun-sook, Park Jin-song, Lee Eung-kyung and Kim Eui-sung. It was also the feature film debut of Song Kang-ho. The title derives from a 1954 book by John Cheever.
Hong earned the Best Director award at the Korean
Rotterdam and Vancouver
.
Synopsis
The plot focuses on the desires and lives of four characters in diverse circumstances: a poor novelist, a cheating wife, her germophobic husband, and a ticket girl.
References
- ^ Eisner, Ken (1997-01-13). "The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well". Variety. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
External links
- The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well at the Korean Movie Database
- The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well at IMDb
- Korean films of 1996 at koreanfilm.org
- Cine21 profile
Bibliography
- Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "7. New Korean Cinema Auteurs: Too Early/Too Late: Temporality and Repetition in Hong Sang-su's Films: The Day a Pig Fell into the Well". The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 223–230. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.
- Gateward, Frances K. (2007). Seoul searching: culture and identity in contemporary Korean cinema. New York: State University of New York Press. pp. xi, 314. ISBN 978-0-7914-7226-2. see p. 133
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