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PIGGIES
(ŚWINKI)

dir. Robert Gliński (2009, 93') Poland
Polish with English subtitles



DIRECTION: Robert Gliński
SCRIPT: Joanna Didik, Robert Gliński
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Petro Aleksowski
ART DIRECTION: Stefan Hauck
MUSIC: Cornelius Renz
EDITING: Krzysztof Szpetmański
SOUND: Florian Marquardt, Daniel Sikorski
PRODUCED: Widark - TV & Film Production
PRODUCER: Witold Iwaszkiewicz

CAST:

Filip Garbacz (Tomek), Anna Kulej (Marta, Tomek's Girlfriend), Daniel Furmaniak (Łukasz "Ciemny"), Rolf Hoppe (Karl Weber), Dorota Wierzbicka (Maria, Tomek's Mother)

SYNOPSIS:

Seen through the eyes of his main character Tomek, director Robert Glinski takes a look into the dark world of child prostitution occurring in a poor town on the German and Polish border in his new film Piggies. Tomek is an extremely smart and good natured boy who has everything going for him, despite the lack of support from his family. He knows other children like his friend Ciemny sell themselves for money, but ignores it occupying himself with his studies. His peaceful life changes when he finds he needs money to maintain the new girlfriend he's infatuated with. Hopelessly trying to earn honest money, he inevitably finds prostituting himself to be the only way to make what he needs. Feeling he has nobody to turn to, Tomek falls deeper and deeper down the ugly path so many of his peers have already gone. An emotionally charged film, Piggies is a shocking story of corrupted youth.

DIRECTOR:

ROBERT GLIŃSKI