In an abandoned Georgian house in the center of Dublin, Jimmy Gibbons sets up a squat and is soon followed by a cross-section of society's forgotten, all hovering at the bottom of a strained economy. This almost entirely male group tenuously bands together only to break apart again. Terry Byrne writes of Jimmy's refusal to leave when facing eviction, "This seems to be a tribute to the tenacity of the Irish, and their ability to doggedly persist in the pursuit of elusive things. Cathal Black has shown us a character in Jimmy who, though an outcast from Irish society, exhibits those traits that have defined the Irish character over many centuries and have been celebrated in the country's history and mythology." Beautifully shot by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, the run-down house speaks of Dublin's past glory, and its (then) current decay. On its release, Liam O'Leary wrote that Pigs "still haunts the heart and memory of the viewer long after it has been seen." (KG)