Leon the Pig Farmer

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Leon the Pig Farmer
Directed by Vadim Jean
Gary Sinyor
Produced by Vadim Jean
Gary Sinyor
Written by Michael Normand
Gary Sinyor
Music by David Hughes
John Murphy
Cinematography Gordon Hickie
Editing by Ewa J. Lind
Release date(s) February 26, 1993
Running time 104 minutes
Country United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English

Leon the Pig Farmer is a 1993 comedy about a Jewish estate agent in London who discovers that thanks to an artificial insemination mishap, his real father owns a pig farm in Yorkshire. It was directed by Vadim Jean and Gary Sinyor, and starred Mark Frankel in the title role.

The film won the FIPRESCI International Critics' Prize at the 1992 Venice Film Festival, while its directors won the Best Newcomer award from the London Critics' Circle, the Most Promising Newcomer at the Evening Standard British Film Awards, and the Chaplin Award for the best first feature from the Edinburgh International Film Festival.[1][2]

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