How to Steal a Dog (Korean: 개를 훔치는 완벽한 방법; RR: Gaereul humchineun wanbyeokhan bangbeob; lit. "The Perfect Way to Steal a Dog") is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Kim Sung-ho, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara O'Connor.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| How to Steal a Dog | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Kim Sung-ho |
| Written by | Kim Sung-ho Shin Yeon-shick |
| Based on | How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor |
| Produced by | Eom Yong-hun Lee Seong-hwan |
| Starring | Lee Re Kim Hye-ja |
| Cinematography | Kim Hyeong-ju |
| Edited by | Lee Jin |
| Music by | Kang Min-guk |
Production company | Samgeori Pictures |
| Distributed by | Little Big Pictures Daemyung Culture Factory |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Plot edit
Ten-year-old Ji-so lives in a car with her mother Jeong-hyeon and younger brother Ji-seok. Her father disappeared after their pizza business went bankrupt. When she sees a missing dog poster with a five-hundred-dollar reward, Ji-so naively believes that that amount of money would be enough to buy her family a house. So she hatches a plan with her brother to find a dog with a rich owner, steal it, then return the dog by pretending to have found it and get the reward. Their target is Wolly, the dog of an old rich lady who owns the street where their car was parked. While undertaking their "perfect" plan, they befriend Dae-po, a homeless man who ends up living in the abandoned building where they've stashed the dog. But someone else is after Wolly: Soo-young, the old lady's nephew, who'll stop at nothing to gain his aunt's inheritance. In the end, Ji-so and her family do not appear Ji-so and her family finally lives in a house but it was for a woman who lives alone, so she invited them to live with her and her baby.
Cast edit
- Lee Re as Ji-so
- Lee Ji-won as Chae-rang
- Kim Hye-ja as Old lady
- Choi Min-soo as Dae-po
- Kang Hye-jung as Jeong-hyeon
- Lee Chun-hee as Soo-young
- Lee Hong-gi as Seok-gu
- Lee Ki-young as Director Park
- Jo Eun-ji as Chae-rang's mother
- Tablo
- Kim Won-hyo as Traffic policeman
- Kim Jae-hwa as Homeroom teacher
- Hong Eun-taek as Ji-seok
- Kim Do-yeop as Min-seob
- Sam Hammington
Awards and nominations edit
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2015
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20th Chunsa Film Art Awards[7] | Best Director (Grand Prix) | Kim Sung-ho
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Nominated |
| 24th Buil Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| 52nd Grand Bell Awards | Best Director | Kim Sung-ho
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Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
| Best New Actress | Nominated | |||
| 33rd Ale Kino! Festival[8] | Golden Poznan Goats for Best Children's Feature Movie | Kim Sung-ho
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Won | |
| Marcinek Award for Best Children's Feature Movie | Won | |||
| Teachers' Award for Best Movie | Won |
References edit
- ^ "How to Steal a Dog". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Kim, June (18 August 2014). "Veteran Actors Wake Up from Hibernation in HOW TO STEAL A DOG". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Choi, Seong-yeol (5 September 2014). 김성호 감독 신작 <개를 훔치는 완벽한 방법> 촬영현장. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ^ Choi, Seong-yeol (5 September 2014). 나 까탈스러운 사람 아니라고. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Lee, Do-eun (3 December 2014). "Kim Hye-ja sheds motherly image for latest film". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ Yoon, Ina (23 February 2015). "How Can Foreign Stories be Localized?". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ Ma, Kevin (9 March 2015). "Hard Day leads Chunsa Film Art nominations". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
- ^ www.alekino.com
External links edit
- Official website (in Korean)
- How to Steal a Dog at the Korean Movie Database
- How to Steal a Dog at IMDb
- How to Steal a Dog at HanCinema
