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National Human Rights Commission of Korea

Fly, Penguin

2009 110 min Korean ALL
Wubly rating 7.5 IMDb rating 8.6

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.

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Cast

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Yim Soon-rye Director · Yoon Min-hwa Composer

Worldwide gross $113K · First release May 2, 2009 · Produced in South Korea

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Worldwide gross

$112,646

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National Human Rights Commission of Korea

Production

South Korea

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Original title

날아라 펭귄

Original language

Korean

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Korean

Release dates

South Korea · May 2, 2009

Premiere · Jeonju International Film Festival

South Korea · September 24, 2009

Theatrical

No release date listed for United States.

France

November 3, 2009 · Lyon Asiexpo Film Festival

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