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"It's a Terrible Thing That Happened"

Overview

London, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother's killing. As their friendship grows Joe finds himself in an increasing dangerous and murky world of violence and revenge. As Joe life collapses around him he starts to question who Piggy really is, and how honest he's really been with him. When Joe confronts Piggy a series of events are put in place that lead to a disastrous climax.

  1. Kieron Hawkes

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Paul Anderson

    Piggy

  2. Martin Compston

    Joe

  3. Ed Skrein

    Jamie

  4. Josh Herdman

    Anthony

  5. Louise Dylan

    Claire

  6. Jumayn Hunter

    Frank

  7. Troy Glasgow

    Davey

  8. Roland Manookian

    Craig

  9. Colin Burt Vidler

    Walker

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-03-17
Piggy in the middle of film makers trying to make a living.

Piggy is written and directed by Kieron Hawkes. It stars Martin Compston, Josh Herdman, Neil Maskell, Louise Dylan and Paul Anderson. Music is by Bill Ryder-Jones and cinematography by James Friend

When his brother is killed by thugs, Joe (Compston) is persuaded to mete out vengeance by his brother's friend, Piggy (Anderson).

Piggy, not exactly a great title really, is a good film, it really is. That is if one can skip back nearly 20 years and embrace the idea at its core all over again. We see it a lot these days, good film...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$900,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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