(DVD Pig)
I’m not particularly a fan of Nicholas Cage, but I found his performance in this film surprisingly compelling. Cage plays Rob, a truffle hunter who lives alone with his truffle-hunting pig in a remote forest area in Oregon. He is visited weekly by Amir (Alex Wolff) who buys Rob’s truffles to supply to restaurants in Portland. After Rob is violently attacked in the night and the pig stolen, Rob sets out for Portland with a reluctant Amir to try to find her. The quest takes them into the dark side of the upscale restaurant industry as fragments of Rob’s past and unexpected connections between the two men are uncovered.
This is one of those movies where the viewer’s assumptions are repeatedly upended as the story unfolds. Be forewarned that the film has some brutally violent beatings and (in my opinion) excessive and gratuitous foul language. But it is an intriguing story, though rather dark.
( Internet Movie Database entry for this film ) | ( official Pig web site )
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by Peter J.
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