Laura Galán

Richard Holmes

Carmen Machi

Irene Ferreiro

Camille Aguilar

Claudia Salas

José Pastor

Fernando Delgado-Hierro

Julián Valcárcel

Amets Otxoa

Pilar Castro

Chema del Barco

Fred Tatien

Stéphanie Magnin

Malena Gutiérrez

Ana Trinidad

Lía Lois

Mabel del Pozo

José Vicente Moirón

Calero

Jarfaiter

José Luis Cantón

Merry Colomer

Álvaro Longoria

Carlota Pereda

Rita Noriega

Arantza Vélez

Arantxa Ezquerro

Óscar Sempere

Paula Cámara

Nicolas Mas

Clara Salvador

María Soler

Sara San Martín

Paloma Lozano

Sara E. García

David Peregrin

Olivier Arson

Itsaso Pol

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Piggy

spain

kidnapping

village

abusive father

bullying

murder

torture

summer

karma

grieving parents

folk horror

fat shaming

rural setting

based on short

romantic

Manuel São Bento

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/piggy-spoiler-free-review-sundance-2022

"PIGGY is the right type of film to be one of the last movies in an event such as the Sundance Film Festival. Carlota Pereda takes advantage of the terrific lead performance from Laura Galán, and delivers a shocking, violent, frighteningly grounded story about bullying, fat-shaming, and self-acceptance.

Despite taking a more revenge-driven approach, the filmmaker beautifully develops the moral concepts at hand. The romantic subplot doesn't really work, though, and the film would have benefited from a stronger atmosphere. In addition to this, just a couple of impactful dialogues surrounding the main themes would have drastically improved the overall piece.

Still, it's definitely a must-watch."

Rating: B+

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“Sara” (Laura Galán) usually spends most of her time helping out in her dad’s butchers shop; being shunned or downright bullied by her schoolmates for being large and getting precious little sympathy from her over-bearing mother (Carmen Machi). Things come to an head when three of her friends resort to terrifying and embarrassing her whilst she is swimming in the lake and then stealing her clothes. As she is running home, she encounters a van with a most mysterious couple of passengers - one of whom, shall we say, is a bit less willing to be in the van than the other! Next thing, there is a police investigation into a missing person and then her tormentors disappear too! With the community becoming frantic, people are levelling accusations left, right and centre and the question is - what does Sara know? This is a savage indictment of bullying in many of it’s guises and Galán delivers quite engagingly, but that angry and penetrating drama rather peters out after quite an emotionally odious start before turning into something a bit predictable and disappointing. If only it’s auteur Carlota Pereda had had the nerve to stick with her original, more innovative and characterful thrust then this could have presented a much better and altogether messier and more satisfying conclusion. It’s watchable, and sometimes quite uncomfortable at that, but it’s not quite what it could have been.

Piggy - Kidnapping Clip

Piggy - Bullies at the Pool Clip

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Piggy( 2022)

Adolescence can be brutal.

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A review by Manuel São Bento

Written by Manuel São Bento on Mon Feb 21 2022

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