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<p>News of a test-tube mix-up sends a Jewish Londoner on a search for his biological father, a Yorkshire pig farmer, in this offbeat and joyous cult British comedy. A nice Jewish boy with a neurotic family, Leon Geller quits his job working for an unscrupulous realtor, then is nagged about his future career and marriage plans. One day, he discovers the shocking news that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination involving a gentile swineherd. Traveling north to uncover his past, Leon tries to reconcile his conflicting identities, with hilarious results. With its irreverent characters and unexpected twists, this disarming gem and winner of the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI prize revives the tradition of great British farce.</p>
<p>News of a test-tube mix-up sends a Jewish Londoner on a search for his biological father, a Yorkshire pig farmer, in this offbeat and joyous cult British comedy. A nice Jewish boy with a neurotic family, Leon Geller quits his job working for an unscrupulous realtor, then is nagged about his future career and marriage plans. One day, he discovers the shocking news that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination involving a gentile swineherd. Traveling north to uncover his past, Leon tries to reconcile his conflicting identities, with hilarious results. With its irreverent characters and unexpected twists, this disarming gem and winner of the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI prize revives the tradition of great British farce.</p>
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1992
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News of a test-tube mix-up sends a Jewish Londoner on a search for his biological father, a Yorkshire pig farmer, in this offbeat and joyous cult British comedy. A nice Jewish boy with a neurotic family, Leon Geller quits his job working for an unscrupulous realtor, then is nagged about his future career and marriage plans. One day, he discovers the shocking news that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination involving a gentile swineherd. Traveling north to uncover his past, Leon tries to reconcile his conflicting identities, with hilarious results. With its irreverent characters and unexpected twists, this disarming gem and winner of the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI prize revives the tradition of great British farce.
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