How to Steal a Dog
| How to Steal a Dog | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Kim Sung-ho |
| Produced by |
Eom Yong-hun Lee Seong-hwan |
| Written by |
Kim Sung-ho Shin Yeon-shick |
| Based on |
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor |
| Starring |
Lee Re Kim Hye-ja |
| Music by | Kang Min-guk |
| Cinematography | Kim Hyeong-ju |
| Edited by | Lee Jin |
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 |
How to Steal a Dog (Hangul: 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]
Plot
Ten-year-old Ji-so lives in a van 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 friend Chae-rang 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 restaurant where Ji-so's mom works. While undertaking their "perfect" plan, they befriend Dae-po, a homeless man 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 gets a house and Soo-young becomes homeless.
Cast
- 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
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th Chunsa Film Art Awards [7] | Best Director (Grand Prix) | Nominated | ||
| 24th Buil Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| 52nd Grand Bell Awards | Best Director | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |||
| Best New Actress | Nominated | |||
| 33rd Ale Kino! Festival [8] | Golden Poznan Goats for Best Children's Feature Movie | Won | ||
| Marcinek Award for Best Children's Feature Movie | Won | |||
| Teachers' Award for Best Movie | Won | |||
References
- ↑ "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
- Official website (in Korean)
- How to Steal a Dog at the Korean Movie Database
- How to Steal a Dog on IMDb
- How to Steal a Dog at HanCinema