Leon the Pig Farmer

Leon the Pig Farmer
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	1992 (1992)
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]

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]

Mark Frankel as Leon Geller
Janet Suzman as Judith Geller
Brian Glover as Brian Chadwick
Connie Booth as Yvonne Chadwick
David de Keyser as Sidney Geller
Maryam D'Abo as Madeleine
Gina Bellman as Lisa
Vincent Riotta as Elliot Cohen
Jean Anderson as Mrs. Samuels
John Woodvine as Vitelli
Annette Crosbie as Dr. Johnson
Stephen Greif as Doctor
Burt Kwouk as Art Collector
Sean Pertwee as Keith Chadwick
Bernard Bresslaw as Rabbi Hartmann
John Phillips as Trevor

References

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

External links

Leon the Pig Farmer at IMDb

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Leon the Pig Farmer (1992) Solitaire for 2 (1995) Stiff Upper Lips (1997) The Bachelor (1999) Love Hurts (2000) Bob the Butler (2005) In Your Dreams (2008) United We Fall (2014)

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