A bullied overweight teenager sees a glimpse of hope when her tormentors are brutally abducted by a mesmerizing stranger.
"Adolescence can be brutal."
Top Billed Cast
Laura Galán
Sara
Richard Holmes
Desconocido
Carmen Machi
Madre de Sara
Irene Ferreiro
Claudia
Camille Aguilar
Roci
Claudia Salas
Maca
José Pastor
Pedro
Fernando Delgado-Hierro
Juancarlitos
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
M Manuel São BentoVerified TMDB Critic
2022-02-21
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/piggy-spoiler-free-review-sundance-2022
"PIGGY is the right type of film to be one of the last movies in an event such as the Sundance Film Festival. Carlota Pereda takes advantage of the terrific lead performance from Laura Galán, and delivers a shocking, violent, frighteningly grounded story about bullying, fat-shaming, and self-acceptance.
Despite taking a more revenge-driven approach, the filmmaker beautifully develops the moral concepts at hand. The romantic subplot doesn't really work, though, and the film would h...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2025-06-12
“Sara” (Laura Galán) usually spends most of her time helping out in her dad’s butchers shop; being shunned or downright bullied by her schoolmates for being large and getting precious little sympathy from her over-bearing mother (Carmen Machi). Things come to an head when three of her friends resort to terrifying and embarrassing her whilst she is swimming in the lake and then stealing her clothes. As she is running home, she encounters a van with a most mysterious couple of passengers - one of whom, shall we say, is a bit less willing to be in the van than the other! Next thing, there ...
