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Dead Pigs

Dead Pigs

20186.82h 2m

Overview

A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.

Directed by Cathy Yan
Written by Cathy Yan
Produced by Jia Zhangke, Clarissa Zhang, Jane Zheng
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Top Cast

Vivian Wu

Vivian Wu

Candy Wang

Yang Haoyu

Yang Haoyu

Old Wang

Li Meng

Li Meng

Xia Xia

Mason Lee

Mason Lee

Wang Zhen

David Rysdahl

David Rysdahl

Sean Landry

Zazie Beetz

Zazie Beetz

Angie

Archibald C. McColl IV

Archibald C. McColl IV

Phil Johnson

Wang Zhipeng

Wang Zhipeng

Waiter

Zhang Zhihong

Zhang Zhihong

Contractor

Wang Hongxiang

Wang Hongxiang

Countryman

Themes & Keywords

shanghai, china

About Dead Pigs

Dead Pigs is a comedy, drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of shanghai, china. Directed by Cathy Yan, it stars Vivian Wu, Yang Haoyu, Li Meng. A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.

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