--- title: 'The Hour of the Pig (1993)' type: 'film' director: 'Leslie Megahey' released: '1993-09-25' runtime_minutes: 112 genres: - 'History' - 'Crime' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hour-of-the-pig-1993' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107146/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Hour of the Pig (1993) 1993 · 112 min · History, Crime · United Kingdom, France ## Synopsis The Hour of the Pig is a 1993 film by writer/director Leslie Megahey, produced by the BBC. The film stars Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence, Nicol Williamson, Jim Carter and Amina Annabi. It was released in the United States as The Advocate. The film is usually categorised as a drama, although it could also be classified as a mystery or a black comedy. ## Credits - **Director:** [Leslie Megahey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-megahey) - **Screenplay:** [Leslie Megahey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-megahey) - **Original Music Composer:** [Alexandre Desplat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandre-desplat) - **Producer:** [David M. Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-m-thompson) - **Director of Photography:** [Denis Lenoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-lenoir) ## Cast - [Amina Annabi](https://cinepixo.com/people/amina-annabi) as Samira - [Michael Gough](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gough) as Magistrate Boniface - [Nicol Williamson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicol-williamson) as Seigneur Jehan d'Auferre - [Ian Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-holm) as Albertus - [Harriet Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/harriet-walter) as Jeannine Martin - [Colin Firth](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-firth) as Barthélemy de Chasseneuz - [Joanna Dunham](https://cinepixo.com/people/joanna-dunham) as Lady Catherine d'Auferre - [Donald Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pleasence) as Pincheon ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hour-of-the-pig-1993 Film facts: Wikidata (Q7740486); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.