| My Sister, the Pig Lady | |
| Director: | Jang Moon-il |
| Producer: | Kim Sang-young Han Sang-bum |
| Starring: | Hwang Jung-eum Lee Jong-hyuk Choi Yeo-jin Park Jin-ju |
| Music: | Jung Cha-sik |
| Cinematography: | Kim Young-ho Lee Tae-oh |
| Editing: | Shin Min-kyung Han Young-gyu |
| Studio: | ifilm Corporation |
| Distributor: | CGV Arthouse |
| Runtime: | 102 minutes |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
My Sister, the Pig Lady (; lit. "A Pig Like Woman") is a 2015 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Jang Moon-il.[1] [2] [3] [4] It was invited to the 39th Montreal World Film Festival as part of their World Greats selection.[5] [6] The film also won Grand Prize at the Osaka Asian Film Festival.[7] [8]
In a small seaside village, where all the young men have left for the city, three young women, Jae-hwa, Yoo-ja, and Mi-ja hope to catch the eye of Joon-seob, the only eligible bachelor left in town. Jae-hwa has plans to make her family prosperous by raising pigs, but the endeavor is more difficult than she imagined: the pigs keep wandering away. They roam the town and every now and then get stuck in a rut. A rumor spreads that Jae-hwa's mother is having an affair. Not that it matters to her father, who is generally drunk, or to her younger brother, who keeps getting into fights. Joon-seob, who has stood by Jae-hwa despite her family's stream of misfortunes finally take his relationship with Jae-hwa to the next level, and they begin dating. But Yoo-ja and Mi-ja are not about to give up. They begin to scheme...