Animal Farm

Film title

Animal Farm

Synopsis

After the owner fails to make payments to the bank in time, Manor Farm is repossessed and sold to a ruthless billionaire who intends to slaughter the animals. Though they initially don’t realise this is the fate which awaits them, a female pig named Snowball makes the discovery and warns the others. They decide to rebel against their human owners and, after successfully doing so, take control of the farm themselves. Snowball and Napoleon, a laidback boar, become the joint leaders and devise a set of laws to promote harmony and prevent them from ever ruling like the humans did. Most importantly: ‘all animals are equal’. But after Snowball and Napoleon disagree on how to run the farm in the best way for all animals, a leadership struggle emerges and one of them is banished, resulting in a society where some animals receive preferential treatment over others. Adapted from George Orwell’s hugely influential text, this is a more modern interpretation of ‘Animal Farm’ aimed at engaging younger audiences with its story and themes.