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Okja -2017- -
Ten years later: In the Korean mountains, young Mija lives with her grandfather and her enormous, gentle, hippo-like pig, (meaning “little gem” in Korean). When Mirando takes Okja back to New York for the competition, Mija follows, crashing into a corporate nightmare. Along the way, she crosses paths with the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) —a chaotic group of activists led by the mercurial Jay—and a sociopathic, fame-hungry TV animal expert, Dr. Johnny Wilcox (Jake Gyllenhaal).
Okja -2017- -
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Okja -2017- -
Ten years later: In the Korean mountains, young Mija lives with her grandfather and her enormous, gentle, hippo-like pig, (meaning “little gem” in Korean). When Mirando takes Okja back to New York for the competition, Mija follows, crashing into a corporate nightmare. Along the way, she crosses paths with the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) —a chaotic group of activists led by the mercurial Jay—and a sociopathic, fame-hungry TV animal expert, Dr. Johnny Wilcox (Jake Gyllenhaal).