Piggy

With the summer sun beating down on her rural Spanish town, Sara hides away in her parent's butcher shop. A teenager whose excess weight makes her the target of incessant bullying, she flees a clique of capricious girls who torment her at the town pool, only to stumble upon them being brutally kidnapped by a stranger, who drives off with them in his van. When the police begin asking questions, Sara keeps quiet. Intrigued by the stranger -- an interest that's mutual -- she's torn between revealing the truth and protecting the man who saved her.

"Piggy gives viewers a lot to chew on in this intimate morality tale carried by Galán's haunting performance. Pereda casts an unflinching eye on Sara, making it feel even more personal and impactful through style and restraint." - Bloody Disgusting

"Pereda's viciously impressive debut uses standard genre shocks almost as macguffins; it's the all-too-recognizable horror of brutalized adolescence that really makes us wince." - Variety

"There’s nothing patronizing or moralizing about Piggy, and it’s all the better for it; simultaneously a strong character portrait and a twisted coming-of-age film, this is tough but satisfying viewing." - Women on Film