Piggies (2009)

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Piggies on IMDb 6.3/10 445 votes

Released:
2009-09-16

Overview:
Tomek is 14 and a good student. He's interested in astronomy and plays football to please his father. The only thing is, he lives in a poor little border town plagued by unemployment, whereas across the river lies Germany with all its relative affluence. Tomek meets Marta at a disco and falls in love with her. He starts to think up ways of earning money in order to keep her interested. He approaches a pimp who seeks out local boys for his German clients. Tomek has no idea of the brutal fate which awaits him.

Director:
Robert GliƄski

Runtime:
1h 34min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Filip Garbacz
    as
    Tomek
  • Bogdan Koca
    as
    Tomek's Father
  • Dorota Wierzbicka-Matarrelli
    as
    Tomek's Mother
  • Piotr Jagielski
    as
    Antek
  • Tomasz Tyndyk