Piggy

Name: Piggy
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: October 14, 2022
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Camille Aguilar, Carmen Machi, Claudia Salas, Fred Adenis, Irene Ferreiro

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Magnet Releasing | Release Date: October 14, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Camille Aguilar, Carmen Machi, Claudia Salas, Fred Adenis, Irene Ferreiro, José Pastor, Laura Galán, Mabel del Pozo, Pilar Castro, Richard Holmes

Summary: With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara (Laura Galán) hides away in her parent's butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of incessant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger, whoWith the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara (Laura Galán) hides away in her parent's butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of incessant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger, who drives off with them in his van. When the police begin asking questions, Sara keeps quiet. Intrigued by the stranger—an interest that's mutual—she's torn between revealing the truth and protecting the man who saved her.… Expand

Director: Carlota Pereda

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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IndieWire Jude Dry

Oct 14, 2022

Aided by a dynamite performance from newcomer Laura Galán, Piggy uses the tension of a slasher thriller to weave a painfully relatable tale of adolescent angst gone terribly awry. As body shame and self-loathing morph into a disturbing complicity with violence, Piggy pushes the torments of youth to their naturally wicked ends. Read full review

Elisabeth Vincentelli

Oct 6, 2022

Pereda, who also wrote the script, is not afraid of psychological and moral ambiguity: It’s obvious that she is on Sara’s side — the bullying scenes are much harder to watch than the bloody ones — but she also knows that shame, guilt and secrecy fester into messy situations and messy people. Read full review

Luke Y. Thompson

Oct 11, 2022

As much as Piggy certainly has points to make about passive-aggressive status quo maintenance versus open violence, it unabashedly delivers enough terror, tension, and gore before it’s done. Read full review

Natalia Keogan

Oct 7, 2022

What’s present is so incredibly promising that it’s almost disappointing the film doesn’t wrestle with something bigger than bullying. Read full review

K. Austin Collins

Oct 17, 2022

Carlota Pereda's debut feature, Piggy, takes horror’s revenge trope and twists it just so. It isn’t so simple as a much-abused underdog getting a freakish chance to get her payback and painting the landscape with her enemies’ dispatched blood and guts, though in this case, as in many cases, you might forgive her if she did. Read full review

Alejandra Martinez

Oct 5, 2022

Piggy surprises and shocks all the way up to its ending. It’s fueled by teenage angst and revenge, keeping you in suspense and invested in this story of sweet, potential revenge. Ultimately, it’s at its best when it takes the time to understand Sara and stick with her no matter what. Come for the story of Sara’s revenge, and stay for the twists and turns along the way. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Jan 6, 2023

Piggy presumably aims to test our sympathies, but just forfeits them entirely, in the service of a facile plot and a heroine even the film itself can’t seem to stand. Read full review

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Tovar29

Oct 15, 2022

Vi el trailer hace un rato y pues me la pasé pensando en cómo sería una película completa, espero y no decepcione como Halloween

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

indiereviewer22

Oct 10, 2022

Carlota Pereda’s debut feature is one of the best horror films of the year with a terrific performance by newcomer Laura Galán.

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Marty_McFly_AM

Jul 28, 2023

Director Carlota Pereda starts from her homonymous film (a successful short film, winner of the Goya award in 2019), to sign this genre feature film on the theme of inner discomfort and the suffering of feeling the target of insults and cruelty because of one's body.
Sara is a teenager withDirector Carlota Pereda starts from her homonymous film (a successful short film, winner of the Goya award in 2019), to sign this genre feature film on the theme of inner discomfort and the suffering of feeling the target of insults and cruelty because of one's body.
Sara is a teenager with obesity problems, addressed by some peers like Piggy, who lives with her parents and her younger brother. She is mocked, offended and humiliated at every opportunity because of her physical appearance and she is the victim of body shaming. Until unexpectedly a stranger takes her defense, implementing brutal methods towards the culprits of the insults. Sara (her peers will eventually recognize her a name instead of the epithets with which they have always mocked her only when they find themselves in danger of death), has come close to breaking point after yet another cowardly joke. She then projects her desire for revenge into the figure of the serial killer who does what she would like to be able to do to get rid of a context (even family) that oppresses her beyond bearable. If interpreted in these terms, the film acquires greater depth by working on the contradictions of a protagonist who constantly struggles with herself, fought as she is by a natural instinct for revenge which however conflicts with a fundamentally good personality.
Engaging psychological horror of social denunciation (against bullying, body shaming and in general against the lack of empathy and sensitivity of an increasingly inhuman and violent world).
The film has an interesting visual force and has a good staging, some very successful and effective sequences (the pool scene) and an oppressive atmosphere.
However, writing the script traces minimal portraits without seeking insights into a story and topics that offered multiple nuances and aspects to analyze.
The actress Laura Galan's performance was exceptional in expressing both the discomfort of an obese girl, a victim of marginalization, humiliation and derision; and the emotional contradictions of an internal struggle based on revenge and righteousness.
Net of a writing that needed more depth and more decisive choices in style and narration, this work still remains a discreet portrait of those who suffer discomfort taken to its extreme consequences.
But also a valid educational message: to fight all types of physical and mental discrimination; paying attention to phenomena which, if neglected, could have devastating consequences, especially in a context of marginalization. Score: 6 – 7 out of 10… Expand

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bertobellamy

Nov 1, 2022

"Piggy" is fine as a slasher, but it lacks a solid subtext to go beyond. It has moments of tension very well achieved, and the desperation that actress Laura Galán projects is essential to hook us at times with her character, but it lacks sufficient development to completely captivate. I"Piggy" is fine as a slasher, but it lacks a solid subtext to go beyond. It has moments of tension very well achieved, and the desperation that actress Laura Galán projects is essential to hook us at times with her character, but it lacks sufficient development to completely captivate. I think it's one of those films overshadowed by hype, but its intention to show, albeit superficially, the darkness within those criticized by its physical appearance is appreciated.… Expand

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Badgerryan27

Oct 16, 2022

Had a okay time with this. The story can be riveting, but I wish it went another way than it did. It's a decent thriller though.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

All_ButTrU4

Oct 22, 2022

This movie took me by surprise . A dark twisted thriller that poses an ethical problem it never seems to find an answer for which is frustrating. I would have loved it more if the protagonist sided with the kidnapper or just killed all of them. The moral choice makes it unsatisfactory asThis movie took me by surprise . A dark twisted thriller that poses an ethical problem it never seems to find an answer for which is frustrating. I would have loved it more if the protagonist sided with the kidnapper or just killed all of them. The moral choice makes it unsatisfactory as nothing really changes....no greys… Expand

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GigiProiettili

Jul 30, 2023

slasher? there's no slashing at all. revenge? there's no revenge at all. satisfying and gory executions? NOT - AT - ALL

save your money. and your time.

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