Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000)

Original title

플란다스의 개

Directed by

Bong Joon-ho

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 300 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unemployed academic grows so annoyed by the constant barking of dogs in his apartment complex that he starts kidnapping and killing them. A young woman who works at the building notices the missing pets and begins to investigate what is happening.

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What happens

Barking Dogs Never Bite (Korean: 플란다스의 개, also known as A Higher Animal and Dog of Flanders) is a 2000 South Korean independent dark comedy film directed and co-written by Bong Joon Ho in his directorial debut. The film's Korean title is satirically named after the 1872 novel A Dog of Flanders, a European pet story that is very popular in parts of East Asia. Barking Dogs Never Bite stars Lee Sung-jae as an out-of-work academic who is irritated by the sound of barking dogs in his apartment building and resorts to kidnapping and killing them. Meanwhile, a young woman who works at the apartment complex (played by Bae Doona) decides to investigate the matter after she starts receiving notices from tenants about the missing dogs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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