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Pigs

2.3 78 mins Drama   1984
Samson Films   Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland  
Director(s): Cathal Black

Release Date: 28 Fri, Sep 1984

A group of unemployed and marginalised souls eke out a meagre living by drawing welfare and occupying a derelict squat in an apocalyptic inner city Dublin. Among the undesirables are a gay man estranged from his wife, a pimp and his prostitute, a destitute businessman, and a paranoiac. The makeshift family soon find themselves subject of intimidation from the State, along with other external forces.

Casts of Pigs

Jimmy Brennan

as Jimmy

George Shane

as George

Liam Halligan

as Ronnie

Kwesi Kay

as Orwell

Joan Harpur

as Mary

Bernie Downes

as Welfare Girl

Máire Noone

as Survey Woman

Johnny Murphy

as Detective 1

Pat Laffan

as Detective 2

Gerry Walsh

as Site Foreman

Charlie Roberts

as Labourer 1

Frank Roche

as Labourer 2

Robert Byrne

as Ronnie's Friend

Anto Nolan

as Ronnie's Friend

Larry Nolan

as Ronnie's Friend

Enda Williams

as Ronnie's Friend

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