The Hour of the Pig (Original title)L' Heure Du Cochon (Alternative title)The Advocate (Alternative title)
Dates: 1993 (Copyright), 21 January 1994 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, FranceDirector: Leslie Megahey
Synopsis: A drama set in medieval France, where a lawyer is called upon to defend a pig accused of murdering a young boy. Drama set in medieval France, when animals were accused of crimes and tried in court with counsel. A band of Jewish gypsies arrive in a village, and their prize pig is arrested and accused of killing a young boy. A beautiful gypsy woman asks a young defense lawyer to help get the pig acquitted.
Genre: Period drama
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TV Transmissions
Date: 26 December 1995Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:55Slot duration: 115 minsNetwork
Date: 28 April 2008Broadcast channel: BBC FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 23:10-01:00Slot duration: 110 minsDigital Terrestrial
Dates: 1993 (Copyright), 21 January 1994 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, FranceDirector: Leslie Megahey
Synopsis: A drama set in medieval France, where a lawyer is called upon to defend a pig accused of murdering a young boy. Drama set in medieval France, when animals were accused of crimes and tried in court with counsel. A band of Jewish gypsies arrive in a village, and their prize pig is arrested and accused of killing a young boy. A beautiful gypsy woman asks a young defense lawyer to help get the pig acquitted.
Genre: Period drama
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 26 December 1995Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:55Slot duration: 115 minsNetwork
Date: 28 April 2008Broadcast channel: BBC FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 23:10-01:00Slot duration: 110 minsDigital Terrestrial
Credits
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©: BBC Films, CiBy 2000, Production Company: BBC Films, Production Company: CiBy 2000, With the participation of: British Screen, European Co-Production Fund (UK), Executive Producer: Michael Wearing, Executive Producer: Claudine Sainderichin, Producer: David M. Thompson, Associate Producer: Dave Edwards, Production Executive: Jill Pack, Production Manager: David Mason, Production Manager (France): Jean-Claude Charrat, [Production] Co-ordinator: Aude Girard, Location Manager (France): Jean-Michel Ardoin, Assistant Director (1st): Pip Short, Assistant Director (2nd): Lindsay Trenholme, Debbi Slater, Casting: Joyce Nettles, Screenplay: Leslie Megahey, Director of Photography: John Hooper, Camera Operator: Nigel Willoughby, Camera Operator (2nd Unit): Philip Sindall, Camera Operator (France 2nd Unit): Ian Punter, Marc Falchier, Steadicam Operator (France): Jacques Monge, Bernard Wuthrich, Special Effects: Stuart Brisdon, Special Effects Technician: John Vanderpool, Editor: Isabelle Dedieu, Production Designer: Bruce Macadie, Art Director: Jane Broomfield, Art Director (France): Jacques Mollon, Art Director (UK): Jane Shepherd, Scenic Artist: Brian Hunt, Scenic Artist: Peter Nurse, Costume Designer: Anna Buruma, Wardrobe Supervisor: Lyn Avery, Make-up Design: Jan Sewell, Make-up Artist: Victoria Voller, Darren Phillips, Make-up Artist (France): Catherine Bruchon, Chantal Antoine, Title Design: Plume Partners, Opticals: Optical Partnership, Opticals: Westbury Design & Optical, Music: Alexandre Desplat, Period Music: William Lyons, The Dufay Collective, Music Recordist: John Timperley, Gérard Chiron, Choreography: Jane Gibson, Choreography: Deborah Pope, Sound Recordist: Daniel Brisseau, Sound Re-recordist: Paul Hamblin, Sound Editor: Joe Walker, Dialogue Editor: Stephen Young, Digital [Sound] Effects: Andy Kennedy, Sound Effects Editor: Chris Hainstock, ADR Recordist: Ted Swanscott, Foley Artist: Julie Ankerson, Foley Artist: John Fewell, Foley Recordist: Ted Swanscott, Stunt Co-ordinator: Mario Luraschi, Animal Handler: Joe Henson, Wayne Docksey
Cast
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Colin Firth (Richard Courtois), Ian Holm (Albertus), Donald Pleasence (Pincheon), Amina Annabi (Samira), Elizabeth Spriggs (Madame Langlois), Sophie Dix (Maria), Harriet Walter (Jeannine Martin), Jim Carter (Mathieu), Vincent Grass (Bailiff Labatier), Nicol Williamson (Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre), Lysette Anthony (Filette d'Auferre), Michael Gough (Magistrate Boniface), Joanna Dunham (Lady Catherine), Justin Chadwick (Gerard), Jean-Pierre Stewart (sheriff), Ralph Nossek (Poiccard), Michael Cronin (dark stranger), Emil Wolk (print seller), Raoul Delfosse (blind Georges), Dave Atkins (Vallière), François Lalande (builder), Vernon Dobtcheff (apothecary), Sami Bouajila (Mahmoud), Peter Hudson (sheriff's officer), Charles Dale, Gordon Langford Rowe (witness), Judy Pascoe, Roy Evans, Robert Putt (travelling player), Melissa Wilks (young girl), David Larkin (young boy), Patricia Psaltopoulos (peasant woman), Alain Blazquez (cuckolded man), Isabelle Marcoz, Marie-Pierre Cascales (woman in coach), Jean-Jacques Charliot (Roger Landrier)