Piggy (film)

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Piggy
SpanishCerdita
Directed byCarlota Pereda
Screenplay byCarlota Pereda
Based onPiggy (short film)
by Carlota Pereda
Produced byMerry Colomer
Starring
CinematographyRita Noriega
Edited byDavid Pelegrín
Music byOlivier Arson
Production
companies
  • Morena Films
  • Backup Studio
  • Cerdita AIE
  • La Banque Postale
  • Indéfilms
Distributed byFilmax
Release dates
  • 24 January 2022 (2022-01-24) (Sundance)
  • 14 October 2022 (2022-10-14) (Spain)
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageSpanish
Budget€2.5 million

Piggy (Spanish: Cerdita) is a 2022 Spanish-French thriller film directed and written by Carlota Pereda based on the short film of the same name. The cast, led by Laura Galán (who reprises her role from the short film), also features Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Claudia Salas, Irene Ferreiro, Camille Aguilar, José Pastor, Pilar Castro and Chema del Barco.

Plot[]

Sara is tormented by local girls in the village where she spends her summer holidays. However her bullies are kidnapped by a stranger.[1] Sara faces a dilemma about what to do about it.[2]

Cast[]

Production[]

Villanueva de la Vera (in northeastern Extremadura) was the main shooting location.

Piggy, Carlota Pereda's feature film debut, is based on the short film of the same name directed by Pereda, which won the Goya Award and the Forqué Award for Best Short Film in 2019 and stars Laura Galán, Paco Hidalgo,  [es], Sara Barroso,  [es] and Jorge Elorza.[8][4]

The cast of the feature film project saw the return of the short film's leading actress (Laura Galán), and it was completed by Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Claudia Salas, Irene Ferreiro, Camille Aguilar, José Pastor, Pilar Castro and Chema del Barco.[4] Rita Noriega took over cinematography duties.[2]

A Spain–France co-production featuring a 2.5 million € budget, the film was produced by  [es] alongside Backup Studio and Cerdita AIE in association with La Banque Postale and Indéfilms, with the participation of RTVE and Movistar+, and support from the Junta de Extremadura, Eurimages, the Creative Europe's MEDIA sub-programme and the Madrid's regional administration.[9][2][10]

Shooting began on 17 June 2021 and wrapped in late July 2021.[11][4] Shooting locations included the village of Villanueva de la Vera (Extremadura) and its surroundings.[11]

Release[]

Piggy had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 24 January 2022.[3][12][13] Distributed by Filmax,[13] it is set for a 14 October 2022 theatrical release date in Spain.[14]

Magnet Releasing acquired North American rights for the film,[15] whereas Vertigo Releasing did so for the United Kingdom and Ireland.[16] Other distribution deals include those with Alamode (Germany), Praesens (Switzerland), I Wonder (Italy), Nonstop Entertainment (Scandinavia and Baltics) and ADS Service (Hungary).[16]

Reception[]

Jonathan Holland of Screen Daily considered that the film "smartly mashes up thriller, rural drama and comedy elements into a lovingly-crafted, potently atmospheric, and thought-provoking whole — with bucketsful of horrible blood thrown in for good measure", also praising the "terrific" character work.[17]

Guy Lodge of Variety considered that the film "sits at an unexpected intersection of artistic sensibilities, first recalling Catherine Breillat, then Brian De Palma, before taking a deep, bloody plunge into grindhouse territory toward its unsettling, ambiguous finale", comparing Sara's journey to Carrie's.[7]

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter presented the film as a "disturbing psychological drama" spiraling "into blood-drenched horror", considering that while Machi's performance is terrific, it is Galán's "riveting" performance the one carrying the film.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Lucas Cabornero, Beatriz (11 December 2021). "Fue la elegida por los hermanos Russo, y será la única española en Sundance con su primera película 'Cerdita' ¿quién es Carlota Pereda?". Sensacine.
  2. ^ a b c "'Cerdita' de Carlota Pereda tendrá su estreno mundial en la sección Midnight del Festival de Sundance 2022". Audiovisual451. 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Jones, Holly (23 January 2022). "Gutsy Sundance Horror Thriller 'Piggy' Broken Down by Director Carlota Pereda". Variety.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Finaliza en Extremadura el rodaje de 'Cerdita', primer largometraje de Carlota Pereda". Audiovisual451. 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Feldberg, Isaac (27 January 2022). "Sundance 2022: Hatching, Piggy, Meet Me In the Bathroom". RogerEbert.com.
  6. ^ a b Rooney, David (24 January 2022). "'Piggy' ('Cerdita'): Film Review | Sundance 2022". The Hollywood Reporter.
  7. ^ a b Lodge, Guy (25 January 2022). "'Piggy' Review: A Killer on the Loose Isn't the Scariest Thing in This Visceral, Upsetting Body-Image Horror". Variety.
  8. ^ "Somos Cine 'Cerdita', la ópera prima de Carlota Pereda, tendrá su estreno mundial en Sundance". rtve.es. 10 December 2021.
  9. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (21 June 2021). "Cerdita, de Carlota Pereda, se convierte en largometraje". Cineuropa.
  10. ^ "'Cerdita', un rodaje sostenible y con la conciliación familiar como bandera". Audiovisual451. 3 August 2021.
  11. ^ a b Boquerini (28 June 2021). "'Cerdita', un thriller rural lleno de tensión, venganza, miedo, polvo y sudor". El Correo.
  12. ^ Galuppo, Mia; Siegel, Tatiana (9 December 2021). "Lena Dunham, Kanye West, Princess Diana Movies on Tap for Sundance". The Hollywood Reporter.
  13. ^ a b Aller, María (10 December 2021). "La película 'Cerdita' contará con estreno mundial en 'Sundance'". Fotogramas.
  14. ^ Aller, María (17 February 2022). "Las películas más esperadas del año 2022, ordenadas". Fotogramas.
  15. ^ Lang, Brent; Keslassy, Elsa (9 February 2022). "Magnet Releasing Nabs Carlota Pereda's 'Piggy' Following Sundance Debut (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
  16. ^ a b Goodfellow, Melanie (23 February 2022). "Vertigo acquires UK and Ireland rights to Charades' Sundance title 'Piggy' (exclusive)". Screen Daily.
  17. ^ Holland, Jonathan (25 January 2022). "'Piggy': Sundance Review". ScreenDaily.
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