The Day a Pig Fell into the Well explained

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none Hangul: 돼지가 우물에 빠진 날 Rr: Dwaejiga umure ppajin nal Mr: Twaeji ka umul e ppajin nal
Director:	Hong Sang-soo
Starring:	Kim Eui-sung Lee Eung-kyung Jo Eun-sook Park Jin-song Bang Eun-hee
Music:	Ok Kil-sung
Cinematography:	Cho Dong-kwan
Editing:	Park Gok-ji
Runtime:	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 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.

External links

• • • Korean films of 1996 at koreanfilm.org
• Cine21 profile

Bibliography

• Book: Kim, Kyung-hyun. The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. 2004. Duke University Press. Durham and London. 0-8223-3267-1. 223–230. 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.
• Book: Gateward, Frances K.. Seoul searching: culture and identity in contemporary Korean cinema. 2007. State University of New York Press. New York. 978-0-7914-7226-2. xi, 314 . see p. 133

Notes and References

1. News: The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well. Eisner. Ken. 1997-01-13. Variety. 2018-10-15. en-US.