Synopsis
The true identity of an undercover RCMP narcotics agent is discovered by the criminals he is investigating and his family pays the price.
Pigs Are Seldom Clean (1973) is a 1h 52min crime feature film by Jean Pierre Lefebvre. The true identity of an undercover RCMP narcotics agent is discovered by the criminals he is investigating and his fa... Selected for Fantasia International Film Festival (2024).
Key facts
Cast
Denys Arcand, Louise Cuerrier, J.-Léo Gagnon, Marthe Nadeau, Jean-René Ouellet, Maryse Pelletier, Jean-Pierre Saulnier, Louise Rinfret
Original language
French
First release
November 15, 1973 (Canada)
Production companies
Cinak Compagnie Cinématographique, Les Productions Prisma, PRODUCTIONS PRISMA
Crew
Screenplay
Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Producer
Marguerite Duparc, Claude Godbout
Cinematography
Guy Dufaux
Editing
Marguerite Duparc
Québec / French
Québec classification
13 years and over
Classification date
March 4, 1975
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Festival History
Titles
| Original title | On n'engraisse pas les cochons à l'eau claire | French |
| Alternate title | Pigs Are Seldom Clean | |
| Alternate title | La révolution tranquille no 1 |
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Canada | November 15, 1973 |
Versions & editions
| Original version (French) |
Full credits
| Director | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
| Cast | Denys Arcand, Louise Cuerrier, J.-Léo Gagnon, Marthe Nadeau, Jean-René Ouellet, Maryse Pelletier, Jean-Pierre Saulnier, Louise Rinfret (Hélène), Francine Ruel (Isabelle) |
| Screenplay | Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
| Producer | Marguerite Duparc, Claude Godbout |
| Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
| Editing | Marguerite Duparc |
| Sound | Jacques Blain |
Additional data: TMDB.
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
Source: Wikidata (CC0-1.0)
Source: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec (CC0-1.0)
