Dead Pigs

A pig farmer, a busboy, a salon owner, an expat architect and a jaded rich girl cross paths as thousands of dead pigs float down the Yangtze River toward Shanghai.

Cast

Vivian Wu

as Candy Wang

Yang Haoyu

as Old Wang

Li Meng

as Xia Xia

Mason Lee

as Wang Zhen

David Rysdahl

as Sean Landry

Zazie Beetz

as Angie

Archibald C. McColl IV

as Phil Johnson

Wang Zhipeng

as Waiter

Zhang Zhihong

as Contractor

Wang Hongxiang

as Countryman

Reviews

badelf

What a delightful, light, enjoyable watch. The pacing is a a little off, but it's a first film for Cathy Yan so that's forgivable....

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