A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
Direction
Bong switches tones like channels—satire to horror to Spielberg wonder.
Acting
Tilda's twin CEOs and Gyllenhaal's unhinged zoologist steal everything.
Practical Effects
Okja herself—seamless CGI that actually makes you believe.
Director
Bong Joon Ho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Okja design took years; Bong wanted something 'lovable but alien enough you'd consider eating it.' Mirando Corp's logo subtly forms a pig snout.
Netflix's Cannes premiere sparked outrage over streaming vs. cinema—Bong's response? 'I don't get why people make a big deal out of it.' The film's release coincided with real Korean superpig controversies.
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