Leon the Pig Farmer
| Leon the Pig Farmer | |
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| Directed by | Vadim Jean Gary Sinyor |
| Written by | Michael Normand Gary Sinyor |
| Produced by | Vadim Jean Gary Sinyor |
| Starring | Mark Frankel Janet Suzman Brian Glover Connie Booth |
| Cinematography | Gordon Hickie |
| Edited by | Ewa J. Lind |
| Music by | David Hughes John Murphy |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £642,768 (UK) |
Leon the Pig Farmer is a 1992 British 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.