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'''''Leon the Pig Farmer''''' is a 1992<ref name=bfi>{{cite web | url = http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7bd81786 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022459/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7bd81786 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 4 August 2012 | title = Leon the Pig Farmer | publisher = [[British Film Institute]] | accessdate= 21 November 2013}}</ref> [[United Kingdom|British]] comedy about a [[Jew]]ish [[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.<ref name=bfi />
'''''Leon the Pig Farmer''''' is a 1992<ref name=bfi>{{cite web | url = http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7bd81786 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022459/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7bd81786 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 4 August 2012 | title = Leon the Pig Farmer | publisher = [[British Film Institute]] | accessdate= 21 November 2013}}</ref> [[United Kingdom|British]] comedy about a [[Jew]]ish [[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.<ref name=bfi />


The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992 [[Venice Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Allan|editor1-first=Yoram|title=Contemporary British and Irish film directors : a wallflower critical guide|date=2001|publisher=Wallflower|location=London|isbn=1-903364-21-3|page=314}}</ref> while its directors won the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle,<ref>{{cite news|title=How dare you, Ken!|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/how-dare-you-ken-1693173.html|accessdate=14 September 2017|work=The Independent|date=30 May 2009}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Akbar|first1=Arifa|title=Director hands back award in protest at Loach|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/director-hands-back-award-in-protest-at-loach-1693143.html|accessdate=14 September 2017|work=The Independent|date=30 May 2009}}</ref>
The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992 [[Venice Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Allan|editor1-first=Yoram|title=Contemporary British and Irish film directors : a wallflower critical guide|date=2001|publisher=Wallflower|location=London|isbn=1-903364-21-3|page=314}}</ref> while its directors won the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle,<ref>{{cite news|title=How dare you, Ken!|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/how-dare-you-ken-1693173.html|accessdate=14 September 2017|work=The Independent|location=London|date=30 May 2009}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Akbar|first1=Arifa|title=Director hands back award in protest at Loach|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/director-hands-back-award-in-protest-at-loach-1693143.html|accessdate=14 September 2017|work=The Independent|location=London|date=30 May 2009}}</ref>


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* [[Janet Suzman]] as Judith Geller
* [[Janet Suzman]] as Judith Geller
* [[Brian Glover]] as Brian Chadwick
* [[Brian Glover]] as Brian Chadwick
* [[Connie Booth]] as Yvonne Chadwick
* [[Connie Booth]] as Yvonne Chadwick
* [[David de Keyser]] as Sidney Geller
* [[David de Keyser]] as Sidney Geller
* [[Maryam D'Abo]] as Madeleine
* [[Maryam D'Abo]] as Madeleine

Revision as of 09:40, 5 December 2022

Leon the Pig Farmer
Directed byVadim Jean
Gary Sinyor
Written byMichael Normand
Gary Sinyor
Produced byVadim Jean
Gary Sinyor
StarringMark Frankel
Janet Suzman
Brian Glover
Connie Booth
CinematographyGordon Hickie
Edited byEwa J. Lind
Music byDavid Hughes
John Murphy
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
104 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
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]

Plot

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]

Cast

Source:[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Leon the Pig Farmer". Time Out London. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  2. ^ "UK films and co-productions". Screen International. 14 January 1994. p. 50.
  3. ^ a b c "Leon the Pig Farmer". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  4. ^ Allan, Yoram, ed. (2001). Contemporary British and Irish film directors : a wallflower critical guide. London: Wallflower. p. 314. ISBN 1-903364-21-3.
  5. ^ "How dare you, Ken!". The Independent. London. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. ^ Akbar, Arifa (30 May 2009). "Director hands back award in protest at Loach". The Independent. London. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. ^ Russon, Scott (14 October 2015). "Leon The Pig Farmer". Empire. Retrieved 14 September 2017.


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