The Pig's Law

The Pig's Law
The Pig's Law
French	La Loi du cochon
Directed by	Érik Canuel
Written by	Joanne Arseneau
Produced by	Jacques Bonin; Claude Veillet
Starring	Isabel Richer; Catherine Trudeau; Sylvain Marcel
Cinematography	Jérôme Sabourin
Edited by	Jean-François Bergeron
Music by	Dazmo
Production; companies	Films Vision 4; Cirrus Communications
Distributed by	Alliance Atlantis
Release date	October 25, 2001;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The Pig's Law (French: La Loi du cochon) is a Canadian crime comedy-drama film, directed by Érik Canuel and released in 2001.^[1] 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 (Sylvain Marcel), 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.^[2]

The film's cast also includes Christian Bégin, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stéphane Demers, Christopher Heyerdahl and Marie Brassard.

Richer received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actress at the 4th Jutra Awards.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Loi du cochon, La – Film d’Érik Canuel". Films du Québec, January 23, 2009.
^ "Drug problems take root in Loi du Cochon". Montreal Gazette, October 5, 2001.
^ "Hot year at home: Jutra nominees reflect a booming local film scene". Montreal Gazette, January 24, 2002.

External links[edit]

The Pig's Law at IMDb

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[1] "Loi du cochon, La – Film d’Érik Canuel". Films du Québec, January 23, 2009.

[2] "Drug problems take root in Loi du Cochon". Montreal Gazette, October 5, 2001.

[3] "Hot year at home: Jutra nominees reflect a booming local film scene". Montreal Gazette, January 24, 2002.

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