Dead Pigs

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Dead Pigs

2021

2h 10m

Comedy

Drama

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The fates of an unlucky pig farmer, a feisty home-owner defending her property, a lovestruck busboy, a disenchanted rich girl, and an American expat pursuing the Chinese Dream converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs are found floating down the Huangpu River, towards a modernizing Shanghai in Cathy Yan's (BIRDS OF PREY) debut feature.

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Critics Consensus

Dead Pigs casts a sharp critical and satirical eye toward late-stage capitalism in China and the world beyond, establishing writer-director Cathy Yan as a filmmaker to watch.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

Jun 3, 2021

Funny, surreal, and understated.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Feb 25, 2021

3/4

Yan fashions a quirky, engaging and feisty tale that unites the plights of kooky characters coping with an ever-changing city, country and culture. It's quite the ride.

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Kristy Puchko

Pajiba

Feb 19, 2021

Dead Pigs delivers a story that is thought-provoking, decadently stylish, sprightly poignant, and joltingly funny.

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Annlee Ellingson

CineWomen

Jul 28, 2024

[Cathy] Yan mines pathos with a light touch and critical eye toward globalization, rapid change, and wealth inequality in an emerging superpower.

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Phil Guie

Film-Forward.com

Sep 25, 2022

4/5

[Doesn't have] a plot to propel it forward so much as principals who cross paths, clash, and tug the narrative this way and that. But at least they’re lively and compelling.

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Maria Garcia

A Woman's Picture

Aug 4, 2021

Yan's delightful musical and narrative riffs of American comedy are also a homage, and are represented in Joe Yao's production design...

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Dani G

@RT81139271 Feb 16, 2024

A little comedic, a little dramatic, a little musical... I don't know, but it didn't quite had me at any moment. It's not bad, definitely, but it's not something special, either.

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jake s

@Jake000 Apr 29, 2022

Another fine addition to that gorgeous, but gritty branch of independent Chinese cinema.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown Nov 15, 2021

Dead Pigs is quirky and vibrant where the characters collide through their personal turmoils and as their city undergoes big changes. Crazy salon bird lady steals the show defending her house from developers.

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Aug 4, 2021

It a greatest movie ever seen

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Jul 27, 2021

Hearfelt, surprising (in some ways), and overall, a wonderful. The movie is also an intersection of east meets west and rich v poor, as well as a society's growing pains.

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Jul 25, 2021

Commies, get a grip on reality.

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Synopsis

The fates of an unlucky pig farmer, a feisty home-owner defending her property, a lovestruck busboy, a disenchanted rich girl, and an American expat pursuing the Chinese Dream converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs are found floating down the Huangpu River, towards a modernizing Shanghai in Cathy Yan's (BIRDS OF PREY) debut feature.

Director: Cathy Yan
Producer: Clarissa Zhang, Jane Zheng, Yang Lan
Screenwriter: Cathy Yan
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Beijing Culture, Seesaw Productions
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 28, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2021
Runtime: 2h 10m

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