Pig (2018)

Iranian directors are getting slaughtered by an unknown serial killer and a blacklisted director, Hasan Kasmai, is curious about only one thing: Why isn't the killer after him?

Director:

Mani Haghighi

Writer:

Mani Haghighi

Stars:

Hasan Majuni, Leila Hatami, Leili Rashidi

3 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Hasan Majuni	...	Hasan Kasmai (as Hassan Majooni)
Leila Hatami	...	Shiva Mohajer
Leili Rashidi	...	Goli
Parinaz Izadyar	...	Annie
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Saber Abar	...	Saber Abar
Mahnaz Afshar	...	Mahnaz Afshar
Siamak Ansari	...	Homayoun
Vishka Asayesh	...	Vishka Asayesh
Ainaz Azarhoush	...	Alma
Ali Bagheri	...	Azemat
Mahsa Hejazi
Mina Jafarzadeh	...	Jeyran
Payman Maadi	...	Payman Maadi
Biuk Mirzaei	...	Biuk Mirzaei
Ali Mosaffa	...	Sohrab Saidi

Storyline

Banned from making films, Hasan is doubly frustrated that his muse, the actress Shiva, is working with other directors. His home life is faring no better. There are disagreements with his wife, and his aged mother is getting more and more detached from reality. But most galling of all, a serial killer is going about beheading Iran's finest filmmakers, yet Hasan remains unscathed. Why, when he is one of the greatest, is he being completely ignored? The hilarity and hi jinks that follow are quite unlike anything we've seen in Iranian cinema.

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Plot Keywords:

animal in title | serial killer | iran | film director | blacklist | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery

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User Reviews

Well, ....

Hey, just want to note my idea here, This movie refers to an important effect, about viral videos, tweeter #, ... in few words, "the people whom are not famous in real life, but they have too many people as viewers at social networks". These people sometimes make troubles, show small events like disasters, it is really very nice idea for screenplay. Vow awesome if comedy... Like few other films which made before, for example "the circle 2017" but it was not comedy... But Dear mani, i hope you success in your life, in writing, in directing. You have very good movies, which i was interested. Here it was not good, in cinema, viewers hardly sit and watch. We laughed. We screamed. But there is something in our mind which says "it is bad". Sorry but it is what i think. We are real people, we need to believe the screenplay, we need to live with the roles, we are viewers, unfortunately we failed. There were very good actors/actresses. But final result is not good. Best wishes...

Details

Official Sites:

sourehcinema

Country:

Iran

Language:

Persian Turkish English

Release Date:

1 February 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pig

Filming Locations:

Tehran, Iran

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$24,666

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dark Precursor Productions, Filmiran, Hedayat Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1