Love Your Enemies: A Biblical Reading of 'Pig'

On paper, Michael Sarnoski's "Pig" sounds almost absurd: a man goes to the nearest city to find his beloved stolen pig. But the movie's outward simplicity and absurdity belie its layered spiritual depths. Even the story mirrors a parable told in the Hebrew Bible, flipped on its head: a very rich man who has more than he needs steals the beloved livestock of a man who has nothing. The Biblical parable is told to a king as both an indictment of the king's actions and an invitation for the king to repent his sin.