Dead Pigs

The Yangtze delivers a floating buffet of chaos when Shanghai’s elite take a detour through carcass-strewn waters. Five strangers—each nursing a different wound—get nudged together by the river’s grim procession. A satire about waste and want that sputters more than it stings.

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Cathy Yan directed Dead Pigs in 2018. See Cathy Yan's full filmography, where to start with Cathy Yan, or where to go after you've seen everything by Cathy Yan.

Dead Pigs was released in 2018 (ZH original-language production), with a runtime of 122 minutes.