The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (Hong Sang-soo, 1996): BFI Southbank, NFT1, 8.40pm
This film is part of the Golden Age of Korean Films season and also screens on December 20th. Full details here.
Time Out review:
No pigs or wells in sight in Hong Sang-soo's justly acclaimed first feature,
which looks at the lives of five very recognisable urban types as if all
of them were witnesses at the scene of some freak accident. These men
and women make mistakes and suffer frustrations in the ways we all do: a
failed novelist blames everyone but himself for his inability to keep a
relationship going; a woman dreams of divorcing her husband and pins
her hopes on a lover who has already moved on; a generally faithful
husband impulsively rents a hooker while on a business trip and catches
an STD. Part of the pleasure here comes from the skill with which Hong
interweaves these seemingly unconnected lives; the rest comes from the
excellence of the images, sounds and performances and from Hong's warm
but unsentimental engagement with his characters.
Tony Rayns
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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