Leon the Pig Farmer | |
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Directed by |
Vadim Jean Gary Sinyor |
Written by | Michael Normand Gary Sinyor |
Produced by | Vadim Jean Gary Sinyor |
Starring |
Mark Frankel Janet Suzman Brian Glover Connie Booth |
Cinematography | Gordon Hickie |
Edited by | Ewa J. Lind |
Music by |
David Hughes John Murphy |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes [1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £642,768 (UK) [2] |
Leon the Pig Farmer is a 1992 [3] British comedy about a Jewish estate agent in London who discovers that thanks to an artificial insemination mishap, his real father owns a pig farm in Yorkshire. It was directed by Vadim Jean and Gary Sinyor, and starred Mark Frankel in the title role. [3]
The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992 Venice Film Festival, [4] while its directors won the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle, [5] the Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and the Chaplin Award for the best first feature from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. [6]
Jewish estate agent Leon Geller, who lives in London, discovers his father is not actually local businessman Sidney Geller but Yorkshire Dales pig farmer Brian Chadwick. [7]
Leon the Pig Farmer | |
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Directed by |
Vadim Jean Gary Sinyor |
Written by | Michael Normand Gary Sinyor |
Produced by | Vadim Jean Gary Sinyor |
Starring |
Mark Frankel Janet Suzman Brian Glover Connie Booth |
Cinematography | Gordon Hickie |
Edited by | Ewa J. Lind |
Music by |
David Hughes John Murphy |
Release date |
|
Running time | 104 minutes [1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £642,768 (UK) [2] |
Leon the Pig Farmer is a 1992 [3] British comedy about a Jewish estate agent in London who discovers that thanks to an artificial insemination mishap, his real father owns a pig farm in Yorkshire. It was directed by Vadim Jean and Gary Sinyor, and starred Mark Frankel in the title role. [3]
The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992 Venice Film Festival, [4] while its directors won the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle, [5] the Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and the Chaplin Award for the best first feature from the Edinburgh International Film Festival. [6]
Jewish estate agent Leon Geller, who lives in London, discovers his father is not actually local businessman Sidney Geller but Yorkshire Dales pig farmer Brian Chadwick. [7]