Insiang. Lino Brocka, 1976.
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Edition screened: Criterion Blu-ray #874 in box set #873 Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2, released 2017. Tagalog language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 94 minutes.
Summary: Brutal pig killing and processing.
The film opens with graphic slaughter house scenes, primarily the poor pigs screaming as they are murdered. This ends by 2:48, with no further violence to animals.
This opening is a lazy and sensationalistic way to establish tone and foreshadowing about a character we will see later in the film. You can skip the opening and begin watching at 2:50, where we see Insiang’s mother working her stall at the marketplace.