Leonie, Skeet and the piglets (2023)

  • NR
  • 11/03/2023 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 15m

Overview

Leonie’s dream is to become a pig farmer, just like her parents. She wanders happily around the farm, helping out in any way possible. She tends to the pigs, and is present from the fertilisation of the sows to the moment the truck leaves for the slaughterhouse. The family farm teaches her about the circle of life. However, new laws on nitrogen emissions have undermined the economic viability of the farm, and bankruptcy looms. Together with her cat Skeet, Leonie watches the last pigs disappear from the farm, and she realises that her dream of becoming a pig farmer might not come true.

Jip Heijenga

Director, Writer

Marielle Dazler

Writer

Cast

Leonie's headshot

Leonie

Leonie De Reu

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