Piggies

  • 94'
  • Poland
  • 2009
In the border area between Poland and Germany, where Piggies is set, the word from the title ('swinki' in Polish) is synonymous with teenagers who sell their bodies. Not only for money, but for anything: clothes, perfume, drink. They think they can make use of the wealth of the Germans who live on the other side of the border (and on the other side of the river), not always realising that they are the ones being used - and abused.
Piggies is about such a teenager: Tomek, the boy who needs money to buy expensive gifts for his girlfriend. The cruel, painfully realistic film thanks some of its authenticity to the fact that the scriptwriter herself lived in the town where the story is set for 20 years. The most important roles are played by non-professional actors, for whom director Robert Glinski searched the whole of Poland. This is the eleventh feature by Glinski, who primarily made a name for himself with Hi, Tereska (2001).


  • 94'
  • Poland
  • 2009
Director
Robert Glinski
Countries of production
Poland, Germany
Year
2009
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
94'
Medium
35mm
Original title
Swinki
Languages
Polish, German
Producers
Witold Iwaszkiewicz, Eike Goreczka
Production Companies
Widark Film & Television Production Ltd, 42film GmbH
Sales
NonStop Entertainment
Screenplay
Robert Glinski, Joanna Didik
Cinematography
Petro Aleksowski
Editor
Krzysztof Szpetmanski
Production Design
Stefan Hauck
Sound Design
Bernd Göbel
Music
Cornelius Renz
Cast
Filip Garbacz
Director
Robert Glinski
Countries of production
Poland, Germany
Year
2009
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
94'
Medium
35mm
Original title
Swinki
Languages
Polish, German
Producers
Witold Iwaszkiewicz, Eike Goreczka
Production Companies
Widark Film & Television Production Ltd, 42film GmbH
Sales
NonStop Entertainment
Screenplay
Robert Glinski, Joanna Didik
Cinematography
Petro Aleksowski
Editor
Krzysztof Szpetmanski
Production Design
Stefan Hauck
Sound Design
Bernd Göbel
Music
Cornelius Renz
Cast
Filip Garbacz