Barking Dogs Never Bite
Short description
Yun-ju, a part-time university lecturer without a permanent post, lives in a crowded apartment complex with his pregnant partner, who is the household's main earner. He is trying to raise money to bribe the dean into giving him a professorship, and the pressure of his stalled career wears on him. When a dog somewhere in the building will not stop barking, his frustration turns into a drastic act: he takes the animal and shuts it away. A young woman, Hyeon-nam, begins looking into the disappearances of dogs in the area.
The film is Bong Joon-ho's feature debut, from 2000, and the first entry in a directing career that continued with Memories of Murder, The Host, Mother, Snowpiercer, Okja, Parasite, Mickey 17 and Incoherence. Bong wrote the screenplay with Son Tae-woong and Song Ji-ho, and Cho Min-hwan produced. Lee Sung-jae plays Yun-ju, Bae Doona plays Hyeon-nam, and the cast includes Kim Ho-jung, Byun Hee-bong, Koh Soo-hee and Kim Roi-ha. It runs 110 minutes and mixes comedy, crime and drama.
Released in February 2000 in Korea, the film holds a 6.9 rating on IMDb from around 12,000 votes and a 6.8 on TMDB from roughly 320 votes. A critics' rating of 7.8 from 17 reviews places it above both audience scores.
What's left behind the scenes
- The original title of the film translates to "Flanders' Dog." This is the name of a popular anime series from the director's childhood ("Flanders' Dog"), based on the novel of the same name by English writer Ouida. In Russian translation, the novel is known as "Nello and Patrasche."
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
