The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (film)

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The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

Poster for The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Written by Kyo Hyo-seo
Starring Kim Eui-sung
Lee Eung-kyung
Cho Eun-sook
Park Jin-song
Bang Eun-hee
Music by Ok Kil-sung
Cinematography Cho Dong-kwan
Editing by Park Gok-ji
Release date(s) 1996 (South Korea)
Running time 115 min.
Language Korean
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The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (돼지가 우물에 빠진 날, Daijiga umule pajinnal) is a 1996 Korean drama film and the directorial debut of Hong Sang-soo. It stars Bang Eun-hee, Cho 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 won Best Director at the Korean Blue Dragon Film Awards for his work as well as awards at Rotterdam and Vancouver.

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  • 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 (in English). Durham and London: Duke University Press, pp.223-230. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1. 
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