Pigs are Seldom Clean

Released November 15th 1973

A film by Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Produced by Claude Godbout and Marguerite Duparc

With Denys Arcand, Louise Cuerrier, J. Léo Gagnon, Marthe Nadeau, Jean-René Ouellet and Jean-Pierre Saulnier

In Hull, Quebec, Bob Tremblay is an RCMP anti-drug brigade officer who has infiltrated the local community. He lives at his parents' house and has a fiancée, Hélène, although he allows himself adventures here and there. One night, convinced that Bob is a double agent, a group of students kidnaps Helen and rapes her. Bob manages to get his hands on the rapists, but is killed by a dealer soon after.

CANADA | 1973 | DRAMA, CRIME | 112 MINUTES

FRENCH AUDIO AND SUBTITLES

Jean Pierre Lefebvre has a quiet stubbornness of a director who refuses to sacrifice his vision of things to imposed standards. His passion connects tremendously with young adults.
— Yolande Côté, Les prix du Québec