Leon the Pig Farmer

SELECTED SCREENINGS AND AWARDS

San Diego Jewish Film Festival (2010)
International Critics' Prize (1992)
FIPRESCI PRIZE Venice Film Festival (1992)
BEST FIRST FEATURE Edinburgh Film Festival (1992)

An irreverent comedy from the production company of Monty Python's Eric Idle, LEON THE PIG FARMER is considered a cult classic in Europe. The movie's zany story is set in motion when Leon Geller ( Mark Frankel), a sensitive Jewish boy from London, accidentally learns that he is the product of artificial insemination. Leon's search for his biological parents leads him to the still more startling discovery of a sperm bank mix-up proving that he is the son of a Yorkshire pig farmer! The inevitable confusion results in a comic Jewish identity crisis.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM

"LEON THE PIG FARMER was a clear case of script and verve over microscopic budget, something that's sadly too rare in British film-making, which usually manages the small budget, but little else. Mark Frankel heads up an eclectic cast dealing with sex, pigs and estate agents in a film that appears to have been a lot of fun to make." -Almar Haflidason, BBC

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Home Use Only DVD (Not for Classroom/Institutional Use)

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