Netflix’s <em>Okja</em> Is a Must-See Fable About a Super-Pig
The sublime new film from Bong Joon-ho, who directed <em>Snowpiercer</em>, follows a young Korean girl’s relationship with a genetically enhanced farm animal.
by David Sims
Jun 28, 2017
3 minutes
begins with a splendiferous introduction to its title character. Who is Okja? The ecstatic businesswomanLucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) is thrilled to tell us, via multimedia presentation, by revealing to the press and her investors a new kind of “super-pig” her global corporation has discovered. A giant, lumbering beast resembling a hippo (though with a more baleful face), this creature is the future of cuisine, Lucy explains, and Okja is a prized calf sent to a farm in South Korea as part of a worldwide competition to find
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