New Trailer Released For Cathy Yan’s Acclaimed Directorial Debut DEAD PIGS Ahead of MUBI Release On February 12
EXCLUSIVELY ON MUBI FROM 12 FEBRUARY 2021
DIRECTED BY CATHY YAN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ALI WONG, JIA ZHANGKE
STARRING ZAZIE BEETZ, VIVIAN WU, MASON LEE, MENG LI, DAVID RYSDAHL, HAOYU YANG
MUBI, the global streaming service and theatrical distributor, has released the new trailer for Cathy Yan’s (dir. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)) bold directorial debut DEAD PIGS which will be released exclusively on MUBI from 12 February 2021.
A masterful first feature from exciting filmmaker Cathy Yan, 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 the river towards a rapidly modernising Shanghai.
Based on remarkable true events, the film tells a universal human story set against the backdrop of globalisation, drastic social change and increasing wealth inequality, and stars a brilliant international ensemble cast 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).
DEAD PIGS premiered to critical acclaim at Sundance Film Festival in 2018, where it won a Special Jury Award 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 GLOBALLY (EXCLUDING CHINA) ON MUBI 12 FEBRUARY 2021
About Cathy Yan
Cathy Yan is a filmmaker known for her distinct aesthetic and a love for subverting typical genre rules and telling unconventional stories. Her debut film, DEAD PIGS, which she wrote and directed, premiered to critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, where it won a Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting, and garnered numerous awards throughout its festival run. Based on remarkable true events, the film 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. DEAD PIGS will be released globally on MUBI on February 12, 2021, and stars an international ensemble including Vivian Wu, Mason Lee, David Rysdahl, and Zazie Beetz, with executive producers Jia Zhangke and Ali Wong.
The excitement around her first feature landed her the job of directing the 2020 DC Comics film, BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN), starring Margot Robbie as the titular character Harley Quinn in the first ever female team-up comic book film. Directing this film made her the first Asian woman to direct a studio superhero film and only the second female to ever direct a studio superhero film. The film was critically acclaimed and Yan was praised as a “creative force to be reckoned with” for her first major studio feature.
Yan studied at Princeton University, where she earned her BA, and New York University, where she received a dual MFA and MBA in film. Previously, she was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in New York, Hong Kong and China, and brings her sharp, journalistic instincts to her filmmaking. Yan was born in China and is currently based in New York.
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