The Day a Pig Fell into the Well

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Theatrical poster
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
Starring	Kim Eui-sung Lee Eung-kyung Jo Eun-sook Bang Eun-hee
Cinematography
Edited by	Park Gok-ji
Music by
Release date	15 May 1996 (1996-05-15)
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 Korean drama film and the directorial debut of Hong Sang-soo.^[1] It stars Bang Eun-hee, Jo Eun-sook, , 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.

References[]

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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