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Dead Pigs (Chinese: 海上浮城; literally "floating city on the sea") is a 2018 comedy drama film written and directed by Cathy Yan in her directorial feature film debut. It stars Vivian Wu, Haoyu Yang, Mason Lee, Meng Li, and David Rysdahl.
Feb 12, 2021 · A film based on true events about thousands of dead pigs floating down the river and affecting the lives of various characters in Shanghai. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about the plot and production of this 2018 comedy drama.
- (1.8K)
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Cathy Yan
- 2021-02-12
Feb 8, 2021 · Cathy Yan's DEAD PIGS is coming exclusively to MUBI: http://mubi.io/deadpigs Part family drama, part absurdist comedy, all-out social satire: the daring feature debut from ...more.
- 1 min
- 14K
- MUBI
Feb 8, 2021 · Based on remarkable true events, Dead Pigs is a bitingly humorous social satire about the trials and tribulations connecting a disparate group of characters as thousands of dead pigs...
- 59 sec
- 128.1K
- IGN
Dead Pigs is a 2021 film by Cathy Yan that follows the stories of five characters in Shanghai, where thousands of dead pigs are found in the river. The film explores the themes of late-stage capitalism, social inequality, and cultural identity in China and beyond.
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- Zazie Beetz
- Cathy Yan
- Comedy, Drama
Sep 13, 2018 · Then again, equally unlikely are the plights of assorted other folk we meet in this buoyant, wide-ranging satire on modern Chinese capitalism: the American expat architect hired by a shady...
- 1 min
- 35.5K
- BFI
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Feb 9, 2021 · Dead Pigs is an ensemble dramedy set in Shanghai that satirises – in a distinctly lenient way – the commercialism eating away at China’s heart.