FILM REVIEW: This little piggy went to school

A young primary school teacher forces his students to confront the messy nature of life when he brings a pig into the curriculum

By Ian Bartholomew / STAFF REPORTER

The documentary style in which the film is shot suits the material, and the children shine, giving real passion to their attachment to an animal, which though slightly romanticized, remains quite definitely a true-to-life pig. As to what happens in the end, it turns out that Mr Hoshi can’t leave it all up to his students, a fact that gives him a few difficult moments as well. Voting on the local distributor’s site pig.catchplay.com shows people are in favor of keeping P-chan from the chopping block.

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