Pigs (1984)
Director: Cathal Black
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
'Home Sweet Home' mutters Jimmy (Brennan), screwing a bulb into a naked socket in the derelict Georgian pile where he has decided to take up residence, soon joined by a motley crew of other squatters. Set on the subcultural fringes of Dublin's not-so-fair inner city, Pigs starts out as everyone's worst nightmare of house-sharing, with the inhabitants variously subsisting on diets of cider and Complan, a pair of false teeth pressed into service as pastry cutters, and a pan of pigs' trotters festering on the stove. Gradually it darkens into a sardonic comedy of despair as the little household falls apart under the pressures of violence, harassment and urban decay. Black's first feature is a small film and a bit raggedy round the edges, but possessed of an angry and pungent eccentricity that carries the day.Author: SJo
Cast & crew
Director: Cathal Black
Producer: David Collins
Cast: Jimmy Brennan, George Shane, Maurice O'Donoghue, Liam Halligan, Kwesi Kay, Joan Harpur full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 79 mins
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