Barking Dogs Never Bite
International Premiere
Bong Joon-ho South Korea 2000 106 min PG
Aggravated by the incessant barking of a dog in his neighbourhood, a young man sets out on a frantic mission to put an end to it.
In an apartment within a drab, cookie-cutter building, Yoon-ju, an unemployed scholar, relies on his pregnant wife to run their home. The relentless barking of a dog in his neighbourhood with a strict no-dog policy sends him on a mission to eliminate it. As Yoon-ju’s manic quest unfolds, his wife brings home Soon-ja, a new dog that appears to enjoy a far more contented life than he does. When Soon-ja goes missing, an apartment maintenance worker joins in the fervent search for the dog.
Bong Joon-ho aptly captures the moral corruption associated with the pursuit of social and financial mobility in early-2000s South Korean society. Still relevant today, the barking dogs are never really the problem—it is the avarice of the residents that truly poses a threat.
3 Dec, Tue 9:30PM / 106 min
Oldham Theatre
7 Dec, Sat 2:00PM / 106 min
Oldham Theatre
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Barking Dogs Never Bite
플란다스의 개
Bong Joon-ho
South Korea
2000
Korean
English
106 min
PG
International Premiere
Bong Joon-ho
With his directorial debut Barking Dogs Never Bite, Bong Joon-ho emerged as a formidable voice in South Korean cinema. Bong is best known for Parasite (2019), which won the Academy Awards’ Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film and numerous other international accolades.
Cho Min-hwan
Bae Doona,
Lee Sung-jae,
Byun Hee-bong
