How to Steal a Dog

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
Theatrical poster
Directed byKim Sung-ho
Produced byEom Yong-hun
Lee Seong-hwan
Written byKim Sung-ho
Shin Yeon-shick
Based onHow to Steal a Dog
by Barbara O'Connor
StarringLee Re
Kim Hye-ja
Music byKang Min-guk
CinematographyKim Hyeong-ju
Edited byLee Jin
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

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

Awards and nominations
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
Kim Hye-ja
 Nominated
52nd Grand Bell Awards Best Director
Kim Sung-ho
 Nominated
Best Supporting Actress
Kim Hye-ja
 Nominated
Best New Actress
Lee Re
 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
  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
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