Bullied mercilessly by her fatphobic friends and misunderstood at residence, Sara can’t discover refuge in anybody or something aside from her headphones, which assist drown out the merciless voices that encompass her. Writer-director Carlota Pereda introduces us to a teen outsider whose coming-of-age story appears poised to culminate with a physique depend in “Piggy.” A trailer for the psychological horror pic transports us to rural Spain, the place Sara is being tormented with a merciless nickname, Piggy, and being referred to as “disgusting.”
Unfortunately, issues aren’t significantly better at residence. “They call me Piggy and you do nothing!” she tells her mom.
Sara’s journey to the native pool takes an surprising flip when a stranger witnesses her being subjected to significantly heinous verbal abuse. On her means residence, Sara sees her bullies being kidnapped in the again of the stranger’s van.
“Sara must decide whether to cooperate with the police and parents’ questioning about the kidnappings, or take her own, unbridled path—while also discovering the power of desire and belonging, and the distinction between revenge and redemption,” “Piggy’s” synopsis teases.
“Being a teen can be a real horror story,” Pereda instructed us. “Bullying has always worried me, and Sara’s conflict is so strong, so appealing from a thriller and a moral perspective that I just had to give her a voice. I fell in love with the character.”
“Piggy” marks Pereda’s function debut. The movie made its world premiere in January at Sundance, the place it obtained rave critiques. You can catch it in Alamo Drafthouse cinemas on October 7 and extra theaters and VOD October 14.
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