The Day a Pig Fell into the Well

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

Synposis

Tong-u, a plain married man in his thirties, visits Chŏnju (4 hrs bus ride from Seoul) on a business trip. After endless incidents of waiting, his purpose continually frustrated, he has to spend the night in this strange place and has a disengaging encounter with a prostitute which however leaves him with 'consequences' due to a ruptured condom.

External links

• The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well at the Korean Movie Database
• The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well at the Internet Movie Database
• 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" (in English). The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 223–230. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1. 
• Gateward, Frances K. (2007) (in English). Seoul searching: culture and identity in contemporary Korean cinema. New York: State University of New York Press. pp. xi, 314. ISBN 9780791472262.  see p.133