The Pig

Rumen is an outsider who lives with his grandmother and a sick aunt. His parents work abroad and are present in his life only through the screen of his phone. He is a head taller than the others and has too many pounds. He doesn't fit in. He is relentlessly bullied, day in and day out, but he says and does nothing. One day, when a boy tries to steal his phone - the only link to his parents - Rumen instinctively fights back and almost fatally injures the boy. Convinced that he is a murderer, Rumen runs away and hides in a nearby forest.

Keywords

  • Screen: Southeast Europe
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • Sooner Exclusives: Stories that Matter
  • conflict
  • school
  • social drama
  • teen

Actors

  • Rumen Georgiev
  • Hristofor Nedkov
  • Dimitar Nikolov
  • Yosif Shamli
  • Yosif Shamli

Director

  • Dragomir Sholev

Drama, Independent


1h 37min


16+

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Bulgaria
Romania
2019
Rumen, a 13-year-old boy, is bullied by his classmates who taunt him and call him 'Pig'. Full of pent-up rage, he strikes back.

Rumen, a 13-year-old boy, is bullied by his classmates who taunt him and call him 'Pig'. Full of pent-up rage, he strikes back.


Rumen is an outsider who lives with his grandmother and a sick aunt. His parents work abroad and are present in his life only through the screen of his phone. He is a head taller than the others and has too many pounds.


He doesn't fit in. He is relentlessly bullied, day in and day out, but he says and does nothing.


One day, when a boy tries to steal his phone - the only link to his parents - Rumen instinctively fights back and almost fatally injures the boy. Convinced that he is a murderer, Rumen runs away and hides in a nearby forest.

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