MUBI is pleased to announce that Cathy Yan's (“Birds of Prey and The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn”) bold directorial debut “Dead Pigs” will be released exclusively on MUBI from February 12, 2021.
“Dead Pigs” premiered to critical acclaim at Sundance Film Festival in 2018, where it won a Special Award Prize for Ensemble Acting. A bold, unique vision, the film speaks to our universal struggle with identity in the age of globalisation, its diverse voices reflecting the future of American cinema – as it deals with prescient and timely conversations around equality, capitalism, and basic human connection in an increasingly divided world.
DEAD PIGS WILL RELEASE ON MUBI FEBRUARY 12, 2021
122 mins / Color / English Subtitles
Synopsis:
Based on remarkable true events, “Dead Pigs” is a bitingly humorous social satire about the trials and tribulations connecting a disparate group of characters as thousands of dead pigs mysteriously float down river towards a rapidly modernizing Shanghai, China. A universal human story set against the backdrop of globalization, drastic social change and increasing wealth inequality, the film is the masterful first feature of exciting filmmaker Cathy Yan (“Birds Of Prey”), and stars an international ensemble including Vivian Wu (“Away”, “The Last Emperor”, “The Joy Luck Club”), Mason Lee (“Lucy”, “The Hangover Pt II”), Zazie Beetz (“Atlanta, Nine Days”), Meng Li (“The Bad Kids”, “The Guillotines”, “Young Love Lost”), Haoyu Yang (“The Wandering Earth”), and David Rysdahl (“The Family”, “Nine Days”).
About Cathy Yan:
Cathy Yan's debut film “Dead Pigs” premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival where it received the Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting. She next directed “Birds Of Prey” (and The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn) for Warner Bros which made her the first Asian woman to direct a studio superhero film and only the second female director ever to direct a superhero film. Released in early 2020, the film was critically acclaimed – praised for bringing “something fresh, and uniquely feminist to DC's cinematic universe” – and certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Previously, she was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal in New York, Hong Kong and Beijing. Yan has a BA from Princeton University and received a dual MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business and MFA from Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program. Yan was born in China and is currently based in New York. She is repped by CAA and attorney Craig Jacobson of HJTH.
