Pig's Law (2001)
La loi du cochon
After inheriting a pig farm from their father, sisters Stephane and Betty do their best to keep the family business running. But while the very pregnant Betty is diligent about doing the work that needs to be done, Stephane can focus only on her crippling gambling problem, which has landed her in deep trouble with her creditors. Desperate for cash, she considers a dangerous option for repaying the debt … but will it work?
- Date of release
- 2001-10-05
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Érik Canuel
Casting
- Isabel Richer — Stéphane Brousseau
- Sylvain Marcel — Paquette
- Catherine Trudeau — Bettie Brousseau
- Jean-Nicolas Verreault — Chose
- Stéphane Demers — Adrien Massé
- Marie Brassard — Carole Massé
- Zhenhu Han — Le Tchin Tok
- Christopher Heyerdahl — Jodorowsky (Junkie)
- Christian Bégin — Riendeau
- Marie Gignac — Magalie, gérante du bar
- Jean-François Boudreau — Employé de Riendeau
- Véronique Clusiau — Serveuse au bar
Interesting facts
The Pig's Law is a 2001 Canadian crime comedy-drama film, directed by Érik Canuel. The film stars Isabel Richer and Catherine Trudeau as Stéphane and Bettie Brousseau, two sisters running a struggling pig farm in rural Quebec; they have rented part of their land out to a criminal marijuana smuggling ring led by Paquette, but run afoul of the smugglers when Stéphane sells part of the crop herself without their knowledge to pay off her mortgage debt before the farm is foreclosed.
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