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Piggies
- Director: Robert Glinski
- Writer: Joanna Didik; Robert Glinski
- Producer: Eike Goreczka; Witold Iwaszkiewicz
CGiii Comment
Not a pleasant film...but, a sad, gut-wrenching reality...
If ever there was an argument against the European Union - then, here it is - dissolving the borders only spreads the cruelty, the crime, the exploitation and, the corruption further...when control is lost - mayhem takes over.
The film itself is a testament to inhumanity - no sympathies are felt or even expected.
Chilling to the point of hypothermia...the writer/director's blood must have ran cold...for he has made - possibly - the most cruel and pessimistic film ever.
A heartbreaking future.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Tomek is 14 and a good student. He's interested in astronomy and plays football to please his father. The only thing is, he lives in a poor little border town plagued by unemployment, whereas across the river lies Germany with all its relative affluence. Tomek meets Marta at a disco and falls in love with her. He starts to think up ways of earning money in order to keep her interested. He approaches a pimp who seeks out local boys for his German clients. Tomek has no idea of the brutal fate which awaits him.
Cast & Characters
Filip Garbacz as Tomek;
Bogdan Koca as Tomek's Father;
Dorota Wierzbicka-Matarelli as Tomek's Mother;
Piotr Jagielski as Antek;
Rolf Hoppe as Weber;
Marek Kalita as Priest;
Katarzyna Paczynska as Tomek's sister;
Tomasz Tyndyk as Borys;
Roman Leus as Goalkeeper;
Anna Kulej as Marta;
Anna Kózka as Kaska;
Ewelina Bogdanowicz as Baska;
Dorota Ignatjew as Ciemny's Mother;
Marcin Sitek as Arek;
Miroslaw Kropielnicki as Sparagus Salesman