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The Pig's Gene

2019 · 93 min

A tense, wry prison drama that keeps you leaning in as two desperate men scheme and bicker toward escape.

Directed by
Saeed Soheili
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Hadi Hejazifar, Jamshid Hashempour, Sina Mehrad
Overview
Two detainees are planning to flee from jail.

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Directed by
Saeed Soheili
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Hadi Hejazifar, Jamshid Hashempour, Sina Mehrad
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • freedom
  • friendship
  • crime
  • deception
Places
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Saeed Soheili
Written by
Saeed Soheili
Starring
Hadi Hejazifar, Jamshid Hashempour, Sina Mehrad, Elnaz Habibi, Mahsa Abiz, Nazanin Bayati, Behrang Alavi, Ghorban Najafi
Runtime
93 min
Country
Iran
Languages
Persian

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