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The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996)

Name: The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Genre: Drama
Released: 1996-05-04
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Kim Eui-sung, Lee Eung-kyung, Park Jin-sung, Song Kang-ho, Cho Eun-sook

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996), directed by Hong Sang-soo, starring Kim Eui-sung and Lee Eung-kyung.

05/04/1996 BR Drama 1h 57m

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The lives of 4 interconnected South Koreans – a married couple, a novelist the wife is having an affair with, and a second woman the novelist is simultaneously involved with.

조동관Cinematography
Hong Sang-sooDirector, Screenplay
박곡지Editing
이우석Producer

About the film

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (Korean: 돼지가 우물에 빠진 날) is a 1996 South Korean drama film and the directorial debut of Hong Sang-soo. 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 Blue Dragon Film Awards for his work as well as awards at Rotterdam and Vancouver.

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Hong earned the Best Director award at the Korean Blue Dragon Film Awards for his work as well as awards at 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.

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The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well at IMDb

Korean films of 1996 at koreanfilm.org

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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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Trivia

It premiered on May 4, 1996, a Saturday.
It runs 1h57 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "돼지가 우물에 빠진 날".
It won 1 award(s) and received 0 nomination(s) on record at Wikidata — Tiger Award among them.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosDong-a Export
CountriesSouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
StatusReleased

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Tiger Award 1997

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조동관 Cinematography
Hong Sang-soo Director
박곡지 Editing
이우석 Producer
Ok Kil-sung Original music
Hong Sang-soo Screenplay
Suh Shin-hye Writer

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What is The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well about?

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well: The lives of 4 interconnected South Koreans – a married couple, a novelist the wife is having an affair with, and a second woman the novelist is simultaneously involved with.

Who directed The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well?

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well was directed by Hong Sang-soo in 1996.

Who stars in The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well?

The cast of The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well includes Kim Eui-sung, Lee Eung-kyung, Park Jin-sung, Song Kang-ho and Cho Eun-sook.

How long is The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well?

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well runs for 117 minutes, or 1h57.

What awards did The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well win?

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well has 1 recorded awards, among them Tiger Award.