Nicolas Cage finding one of his best roles in the guise of a hermit secluded in the woods and caring for his sow.
Here is the improbable promise of
Pig
, the first film by Michael Sarnoski and one of the most joyful discoveries of the last American Film Festival in Deauville.
Former Portland Michelin-starred chef, Robin Field turned his back on fame and the city for a cabin in the woods in Oregon.
Shaggy, washing himself in the streams, Rob's only company is his faithful pig, with whom he enjoys mushroom pies.
Together, they unearth truffles, which are immediately sold to Amir, a supplier of luxury products.
One night, a bunch of junkies break into the slum and kidnap the pig.
This kidnapping forces Rob to return to civilization.
Tracking the kidnappers will bring him back to what made him renounce the world.
Appetite for truffles
Nicolas Cage is the silent Ariadne's thread of this story, between a pastoral western and a phantasmagorical fable.
The interloped Portland that rediscovers
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