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DEAD PIGS (海上浮城)
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Completed - MANDARIN - Comedy, Family, Drama - 130 minutes

Log Line

A pig farmer’s entire stock dies and turns up in Shanghai’s waterways leading to a collision of some particularly diverse lives: a hairstylist, an expatriate architect, a waiter in a roast pig restaurant and wealthy businessman’s spoiled daughter.

Year of production : 2018

Director(s) : Cathy YAN
Cast : Haoyu YANG, Vivian WU , Mason LEE , Meng LI , David RYSDAHL

Synopsis

Five lives suddenly collide when pig farmer Old Wang’s (Yang) entire stock dies en masse and turns up in Shanghai’s waterways setting off a public health crisis. Candy Wang (Wu) is a hairstylist facing off mega-developer Golden Happiness Properties which wants to evict her from her ancestral land. American expatriate Sean Landry (Rysdahl) is the chief architect of the new development. Meanwhile, Wang Zhen (Lee), a waiter in a roast pig restaurant, meets Xia Xia ((Li), the wealthy and spoiled child of a successful businessman.

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Country(ies) : CHINA

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Festivals and Awards

Dallas International Film Festival 2018 (Grand Jury Prize (Narrative Feature Competition))
Film Club's The Lost Weekend 2018 (Lost Weekend Award (Best Supporting Actress))
Seattle International Film Festival 2018 (Winner of New Directors Competition)
Philadelphia Film Festival 2018 (Archie Award (Best First Feature))
Sundance Film Festival 2018 (Special Jury Prize (Ensemble Acting))
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival 2018 (Fasken Martineau Best Feature Film Award)
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival 2018 (Special Mention International Competition)
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2019 (Ricky Jay Magic of Cinema Award)


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