Leon (Mark Frankel), a young Jewish Londoner, quits his job at an uncouth real estate firm and begins to work part-time for his mother's catering company. On a delivery to a local sperm bank, he discovers that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination and his father's sperm was confused with that of a northern pig .. Read more
| Starring | Connie Booth, Brian Glover, Mark Frankel, Janet Suzman |
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| Director | Gary Sinyor, Vadim Jean |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Leon (Mark Frankel), a young Jewish Londoner, quits his job at an uncouth real estate firm and begins to work part-time for his mother's catering company. On a delivery to a local sperm bank, he discovers that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination and his father's sperm was confused with that of a northern pig farmer. His family is disconsolate over the news, so Leon decides to go up to Yorkshire to meet his biological dad. The farmer and his wife are thrilled to learn that they have a son; they quickly make an effort to integrate his Jewish culture with their own, learning certain key Yiddish expressions and how to cook kosher food. Even so, Leon does not take easily to farm life. When he mistakenly injects sheep semen into a pig, however, Leon creates a stir by creating what might be the first ever kosher pig. He escapes with the animal to London, where both of his families meet and exchange "cultural dialogue."
| Starring | Connie Booth, Brian Glover, Mark Frankel, Janet Suzman, Gina Bellman, Maryam d'Abo, David De Keyser, Sean Pertwee |
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| Director | Gary Sinyor, Vadim Jean |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | Production year: 1992 To Rent: DVD: 15 Jul 2002 Blu-ray: 26 Mar 2012 |
A polished low-budget effort, this derives its laughs from the confusion that blights a Jewish boy (Frankel) who... read more on Time Out
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Early Appearance by John Molloy
A fleeting first - and last - appearance on the silver screen by John Molloy in the lift scene is the most compelling reason to rent this film.
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slow and overacted
takes a really long time to get to the point (nearly one hour before we meet the northern pig farmer). Too slow and a bit overacted.
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An unamusing portrayal of negative stereotypes
I found this film a little far fetched but mostly i was
unimpressed with the portrayal of the northern English working classes. The insinuation that ... read more »
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Surreal, but it just got a bit silly..
I thought I was going to like this film for the first 20-30 minutes, but Leon just continued to be whiney, and the comedy got more and more surreal, without ... read more »
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