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The Pig's Law
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'The Pig's Law' is a Canadian crime comedy-drama film, directed by rik Canuel and released in 2001.[https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/loi-du-cochon-erik-canuel/ "Loi du cochon, La Film drik Canuel"]. 'Films du Qubec', January 23, 2009. The film stars Isabel Richer and Catherine Trudeau as Stphane and Bettie Brousseau, two sisters running a struggling pig farm in rural Quebec; they have rented part of their land out to a criminal marijuana smuggling ring led by Paquette (Sylvain Marcel), but run afoul of the smugglers when Stphane sells part of the crop herself without their knowledge to pay off her mortgage debt before the farm is foreclosed."Drug problems take root in Loi du Cochon". 'Montreal Gazette', October 5, 2001.
The film's cast also includes Christian Bgin, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Stphane Demers, Christopher Heyerdahl and Marie Brassard.
Richer received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actress at the 4th Jutra Awards."Hot year at home: Jutra nominees reflect a booming local film scene". 'Montreal Gazette', January 24, 2002.
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