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Dead Pigs (Chinese: 海上浮城; literally "floating city on the sea") is a 2018 comedy drama film written and directed by Cathy Yan in her directorial feature film debut. It stars Vivian Wu, Haoyu Yang, Mason Lee, Meng Li, and David Rysdahl.
Feb 12, 2021 · An awkward American architect, Sean ( David Rysdahl) helps mastermind a development with a replica of a Spanish cathedral at its center, and takes a side gig as an “exotic” foreigner at public events after being recruited by model-groomer Angie ( Zazie Beetz ).
Feb 12, 2021 · Dead Pigs entwines social satire and family drama amongst the simulacra of modern China. A Virtual Reality headset, a beauty salon and a porcine virus converge in Cathy Yan’s tightly-woven, upbeat tale of life in Shanghai.
Feb 12, 2021 · Dead Pigs. A bumbling pig farmer, a feisty salon owner, a sensitive busboy, an expat architect and a disenchanted rich girl converge and collide as thousands of dead pigs float down the river towards a rapidly-modernizing Shanghai.
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- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Cathy Yan
- 2021-02-12
The fates of an unlucky pig farmer, a feisty home-owner defending her property, a lovestruck busboy, a disenchanted rich girl, and an American expat pursuing the Chinese Dream converge and...
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- Zazie Beetz
- Cathy Yan
- Comedy, Drama
Feb 12, 2021 · Dead Pigs is now available to stream on Mubi. In our Cathy Yan interview, the Birds of Prey director reflects on the making of her acclaimed first film, which is finally seeing a release.
Feb 11, 2021 · The story, which moves between metropolitan Shanghai and the nearby Jiaxing province, follows Candy (Vivian Wu), an eccentric middle-aged beautician hoping to save her family home from predatory...
