How to Steal a Dog (film)

How to Steal a Dog (Korean개를 훔치는 완벽한 방법; RRGaereul 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
Theatrical poster
Directed byKim Sung-ho [ko]
Written byKim Sung-ho
Shin Yeon-shick
Based onHow to Steal a Dog
by Barbara O'Connor
Produced byEom Yong-hun
Lee Seong-hwan
StarringLee Re
Kim Hye-ja
CinematographyKim Hyeong-ju
Edited byLee Jin
Music byKang Min-guk
Production
company
Samgeori Pictures
Distributed byLittle Big Pictures
Daemyung Culture Factory
Release date
  • December 31, 2014 (2014-12-31)
Running time
109 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Plot

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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, and 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 live in a house but it is for a woman who lives alone, so she invited them to live with her and her baby.

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2015
20th Chunsa Film Art Awards[7] Best Director (Grand Prix)
Kim Sung-ho
Nominated
24th Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
52nd Grand Bell Awards Best Director
Kim Sung-ho
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
Won
Marcinek Award for Best Children's Feature Movie Won
Teachers' Award for Best Movie Won

References

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  1. ^ "How to Steal a Dog". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Choi, Seong-yeol (5 September 2014). 김성호 감독 신작 <개를 훔치는 완벽한 방법> 촬영현장. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. ^ Choi, Seong-yeol (5 September 2014). 나 까탈스러운 사람 아니라고. Cine21 (in Korean). Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. ^ Lee, Do-eun (3 December 2014). "Kim Hye-ja sheds motherly image for latest film". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. ^ Yoon, Ina (23 February 2015). "How Can Foreign Stories be Localized?". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "www.alekino.com". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
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