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Okja
Sign in to saveOkja () is a 2017 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Bong Joon Ho with a screenplay by Bong and Jon Ronson from a story by Bong. The film is about a teenage girl who raised a genetically modified "super pig" (the titular Okja). When Okja is taken to the United States by a meat industry corporation, the girl goes on a mission to rescue Okja from mistreatment and slaughter while befriending the Animal Liberation Front. An international co-production of South Korea and the United States, it stars an ensemble cast headed by child actor Ahn Seo-hyun in her film debut, along with Byun
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7.3A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
Cast
- An Seo-hyun as Mija
- Tilda Swinton as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
- Paul Dano as Jay
- Steven Yeun as K
- Jake Gyllenhaal as Johnny Wilcox
- Giancarlo Esposito as Frank Dawson
Themes
- new york city
- monster
- slaughterhouse
- east asian lead
- twins
- environmentalist
- aftercreditsstinger
- animal liberation
- live action and animation
- zoologist
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
138,895 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
75/100
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Animation
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Awards
- 7 wins & 14 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Okja
- Film.image
- Okja.png
- Film.caption
- Release poster
- Film.director
- Bong Joon Ho
- Film.story
- Bong Joon Ho
- Film.cinematography
- Darius Khondji
- Film.editing
- Yang Jin-mo
- Film.music
- Jung Jae-il
- Film.runtime
- 120 minutes
- Film.budget
- $50 million
- Film.gross
- $2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 341933
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- 2017-00-00
- title
- Okja
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- Okja
- review score
- 75/100
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Okja () is a 2017 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Bong Joon Ho with a screenplay by Bong and Jon Ronson from a story by Bong. The film is about a teenage girl who raised a genetically modified "super pig" (the titular Okja). When Okja is taken to the United States by a meat industry corporation, the girl goes on a mission to rescue Okja from mistreatment and slaughter while befriending the Animal Liberation Front. An international co-production of South Korea and the United States, it stars an ensemble cast headed by child actor Ahn Seo-hyun in her film debut, along with Byun Hee-bong, Yoon Je-moon, Choi Woo-shik, Tilda Swinton (in a dual role), Paul Dano, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Devon Bostick, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jake Gyllenhaal.
The film competed for the ''Palme d'Or'' in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. It was released on Netflix on June 28, 2017. The film received positive reviews from critics.