Mutt Boy

Directed by Kwak Kyung-taek (곽경택)

Written by Kwak Kyung-taek (곽경택)

100min | Release date in South Korea: 2003/07/16

Synopsis
Chul-min's family consists of himself, his police detective father, his sick mother, and a dog. Chul-min calls the dog 'Mutt', but his father calls Chul-min 'Mutt'. The dog is Chul-min's best friend. He doesn't cry when his mom dies, but he does get furious when his dog is eaten by the older boys in his soccer club. He takes his revenge, but his father's patrol car awaits him. Although he now must live on his own, Chul-min wins renown as the one who beat up 21 people all by himself. Many of the town's thugs start to hang around Chul-min, fascinated by him, and he becomes a leader of small-time gangsters.

International Film Festivals
2004 NatFilm Festival,
2004 Cleveland International Film Festival,
2005 Filmasia Film Festival , Focus on Korea
2003 Vancouver International Film Festival ,
2003 The Times BFI London Film Festival,
2005 Titanic Budapest International Filmfestival, Eastern Ports
2004 International Film Festival of Asia Pacific countries in Vladivostok, Special Vision

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