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Piggy
Spain 2022
produced by Merry Colomer, Pilar Benito (executive) for Morena Films, Backup Media, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA), Triodos Bank
directed by Carlota Pereda
starring Laura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Claudia Salas, Pilar Castro, Camille Aguilar, Fred Tatien, José Pastor, Stéphanie Magnin Vella, Mabel del Pozo, Irene Ferreiro, Julián Valcárcel, Fernando Delgado-Hierro, Chema del Barco, José Vicente Moirón, Lía Lois, Amets Otxoa
written by Carlota Pereda, music by Olivier Arson
review by Mike Haberfelner
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In the small town she calls her home, young Sara (Laura Galán) is a
constant source of ridicule, simply because she's clearly overweight,
ridicule that stings. And the three girls who are especially good (or
mean) at that are Maca (Claudia Salas), Roci (Camille Aguilar) and even
her former friend Claudia (Irene Ferreiro), who are bullying her every
step along the way. One day at the swimming pool it gets especially bad
when the three mock and tease her, try to dunk her under water using a
net, and ultimately steal her clothes, towel and phone, forcing her to
walk home through the village in nothing but her bikini. This however
hasn't escaped the attention of a stranger (Richard Holmes), who has shown
a certain interest in Sara. On her way home, Sara is overtaken by a white
van, and when it stops, Sara sees Claudia pounding against the back door,
screaming for help. Sara's mortified, especially when the stranger gets
out of the car. But he doesn't hurt Sara, just throws her a towel so she
doesn't have to continue her way in nothing but her bikini. Soon enough,
Maca, Roci and Claudia are reported missing, but Sara remains mum about
what she knows, not so much out of fear but because those who want her
help tracking down the girls treat her only little better than the girls
themselves - including her own mother (Carmen Machi) really. But the
stranger continues to exact revenge, all the while remaining elusive. And
while doing so, he moves closer and closer to Sara's circles until he
becomes a threat to her family ... For the most part, Piggy is
a pretty clever subversion of the slasher genre, a film where you pretty
much want the prerequisite pretty girls to die and where you
understand and side with the killer at least to some extent. And a very
down-to-earth direction that puts realism over genre filmmaking for the
most part and avoids exaggerations make this work, especially thanks to
satiric undercurrents. Only the finale leaves some to be desired, as it
suddenly falls back on old slasher tropes and draws the familiar line
between good and evil the film has tried to avoid for so long. But even if
that's a bit of a letdown, it doesn't spoil the fun the film is overall.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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