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71% Critic Match
Piggies
“How much you can sacrifice to make your dreams come true?”
7.1 / 10• 2009• 1h 34m•NR• Polish
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
FG
Filip Garbacz
Tomek
Lead
Bogdan Koca
Tomek's Father
Dorota Wierzbicka-Matarrelli
Tomek's Mother
PJ
Piotr Jagielski
Antek
Tomasz Tyndyk
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Janusz Chabior
pan Andrzej, handlarz opon
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Gliński's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Piggies is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
