Piigs

Piigs is a 2017 documentary film by three Italian filmmakers which investigates the causes and the effects of austerity imposed by the European Union on its subject countries, especially in Southern Europe. The film suggests that austerity policies are aggravating the effects of the financial crisis, especially in those countries that economists have called the "PIIGS" (an acronym of Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain)—states that suffered high public debt and weak economies.^[1]

Piigs
Directed by	Adriano Cutraro, Federico Greco, Mirko Melchiorre
Written by	Adriano Cutraro, Federico Greco, Mirko Melchiorre
Narrated by	Claudio Santamaria (Italian language version) Willem Dafoe (English language version)
Edited by	Federico Greco, Mirko Melchiorre, Costantino Rover, Marco Bambina
Music by	Paolo Baglio, Daniele Bertinelli, Antonio Genovino
Production company	Studio Zabalik
Distributed by	Fil Rouge Media
Release date	2017 (2017)
Running time	76 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian/English

Contributors

• Noam Chomsky
• Paolo Barnard
• Yanis Varoufakis
• Erri De Luca
• Stephanie Kelton
• Warren Mosler
• Paul De Grauwe
• Federico Rampini
• Claudia Bonfini