Fly, Penguin (2009)
Original title: 날아라 펭귄
Fly, Penguin is a 2009 Korean-language drama movie directed by Yim Soon-rye, with a running time of 1h 50m. It stars Moon So-ri, Ahn Do-gyu and Choi Gyu-hwan.
Seung-yun is stressed out because he is sent to several private academies after school. His mother reproves him for not living up to her expectations. His father takes pity on him for being nagged on by his mother all the time... Ju-hun, a new employee at a company, is a vegetarian and cannot drink alcohol at all. Chang-su thinks Ju-hun is eccentric and is displeased with him... Su-hyeong sent his son and daughter with his wife to study abroad, but he grows tired of staying alone in his empty house... SONG has lived with her authoritarian husband without any serious problems, but she does not want to stay with him anymore. GWON, an old man, pretends to be calm in the face of his wife’s request for divorce. But actually he can’t do anything by himself... These are not unfamiliar fictional events but rather they reflect the lives of ordinary people in Korea at the present time. Through their stories, shows us how a society imposes normalcy on its people in their daily lives.
Quick answers
What is Fly, Penguin about?
Seung-yun is stressed out because he is sent to several private academies after school. His mother reproves him for not living up to her expectations. His father takes pity on him for being nagged on by his mother all the time... Ju-hun, a new employee at a company, is a vegetarian and cannot drink alcohol at all. Chang-su thinks Ju-hun is eccentric and is displeased with him... Su-hyeong sent his son and daughter with his wife to study abroad, but he grows tired of staying alone in his empty house... SONG has lived with her authoritarian husband without any serious problems, but she does not want to stay with him anymore. GWON, an old man, pretends to be calm in the face of his wife’s request for divorce. But actually he can’t do anything by himself... These are not unfamiliar fictional events but rather they reflect the lives of ordinary people in Korea at the present time. Through their stories, shows us how a society imposes normalcy on its people in their daily lives.
When was Fly, Penguin released?
Fly, Penguin was released on 24 September 2009.
How long is Fly, Penguin?
Fly, Penguin runs 1h 50m.
Who made Fly, Penguin?
Fly, Penguin was directed by Yim Soon-rye.
Cast
- Moon So-ri as Song Hee-jeong
- Ahn Do-gyu as Choi Seung-yoon
- Choi Gyu-hwan as Lee Joo-hoon
- Cho Jin-woong as Han Chang-soo
- Oh Yong as Park Joong-ho
- Park Won-sang as Seung-yoon's father (uncredited)
- Son Byung-ho as Manager Kwon (uncredited)
- Lee Young-hee as Young-sook's Grandmother (uncredited)
- Na Hyun as Sashimi Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
- Choi Hee-jin as Jo Mi-sun
- Park In-hwan as Elder Kwon
- Lee Eun-saem as Soo-ji
