The Hour of the Pig
The case is a dog. The defendant is a pig. And the law is an ass.
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Release Date
9/25/1993Runtime
112 minsOverview
In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a young boy.
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EnglishBudget
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A darkly comic medieval mystery that treats a pig's trial for murder with the full weight of legal ceremony, blending gothic atmosphere with absurdist satire on the arbitrariness of justice and power.
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Colin Firth
Richard Courtois
Ian Holm
Albertus
Donald Pleasence
Pincheon
Amina Annabi
Samira
Nicol Williamson
Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre
Michael Gough
Magistrate Boniface
Harriet Walter
Jeannine Martin
Jim Carter
Mathieu
Lysette Anthony
Filette d'Auferre
Sophie Dix
Maria
Vincent Grass
Bailiff Labatier
Elizabeth Spriggs
Madame Langlois
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