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Pig trailer: Nicolas Cage goes looking for truffle

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Pig is the debut feature from director Michael Sarnoski, who’s previously done some work on the small screen for shows like Fight Night Legacy and Olympia, and he also co-wrote the script alongside Vanessa Block. The pair worked together previously on the documentary short The Testimony.

It’s an R-rated drama/thriller that stars Nicolas Cage as a recluse living in the forest, and who makes his living by foraging for truffles with his beloved pig. But after he’s attacked and his pig is stolen, he must return to the city that he left decades ago in order to track down those who took the one thing in life that he still cares about.

In case you’re unaware, truffles are a type of fungi that grow underground and are highly sought after delicacies, the rarest and most prized varieties are some of the most expensive foods on the planet. A single kilogram of the Italian White Truffle, for example, will set you back nearly $7,500 at current market prices, or just over R100,000. So if you were wondering why someone would go to the trouble of stealing a pig that could sniff them out, there’s your answer.

The official plot synopsis is as follows:

A truffle hunter (Nicolas Cage) who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.

Let’s take a look:

This looks really good to me, and it’s all down to Nicolas Cage’s intense, yet restrained, performance. He’s a bitter, broken man who just wants his best friend and companion back, and isn’t going to stop until he does. And I want to watch him do that.

What do you think?

Pig will premiere in the US on 16 July. It also stars Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Nina Belforte, Gretchen Corbett, Julia Bray, Darius Pierce, and Elijah Ungvary.

Last Updated: June 18, 2021

35 Comments

  1. RinceThis

    June 18, 2021 at 07:07

    That actually looks really good.

    Reply

  2. Matthew Figueira

    June 18, 2021 at 07:11

    Please tell me I’m not the only one who SHAT A BRICK when that door burst open XD

    Reply

  3. Yozzie

    June 18, 2021 at 07:14

    Some of us know it’s your last article, so i’ll do the unthinkable and read the entire thing this time…

    So long and thanks for all the fish.
    /)

    Reply

  4. MaSeKind

    June 18, 2021 at 07:16

    Sounds like Taken, but with a pig

    Reply

    • RinceThis

      June 18, 2021 at 07:17

      So… BACON

      Reply

      • My life as a P1

        June 18, 2021 at 08:20

        So what happens if there is a Pig / Ghost Rider crossover?

        Reply

      • Yozzie

        June 18, 2021 at 07:17

        BYECON… It was right there infront of you!

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          June 18, 2021 at 07:19

          Way to truffle those feathers

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            June 18, 2021 at 07:20

            All these puns will make him go ham.

          • Hammersteyn

            June 18, 2021 at 07:24

            Stick a pork in it will you.

        • RinceThis

          June 18, 2021 at 07:21

          I had to offer you something!

          Reply

  5. Weanerdog

    June 18, 2021 at 07:33

    But truffles don’t even grow in the states.

    Waits for GIF

    Cheers Trevor, looking forward to your informative stuff popping up on some dodgy web site somewhere out there.

    Reply

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