Squeal Trailer Reveals A Twisted Fairytale [EXCLUSIVE]

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Screen Rant can exclusively present a first look at the trailer for the upcoming film Squeal (previously known as Samuel's Travels), which arrives August 19. The Latvian production will be released through Good Deed Entertainment and Cranked Up Films, premiering theatrically in select cities and On Demand in the US and Canada. Directed by Aik Karapetian (Firstborn, Man in the Orange Jacket) and co-written by him and Aleksandr Rodionov, Squeal is a darkly comic fairytale loosely inspired by Homer's The Odyssey.

Belgian actor Kevin Janssens stars as Samuel, a man lost in a remote Eastern European village and searching for his way home. While searching for his father at the edge of a mythical forest — as many fairytales begin — he encounters a pig farmer's daughter named Kirke Kirke (Laura Siliņa) who is deceptively welcoming and invites him into her home. He soon realizes he is being turned into a forced laborer and finds himself alone with no support, unable to speak the language, and chained up beside the pigs.

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In Screen Rant's exclusive first look at the Squeal trailer below, audiences are treated to the initial meeting between Sam and Kirke before the music darkens and the mood turns terrifying. From there, the film turns into a survivalist story, with Samuel attempting to alternately adapt and escape. And it seems one pig in particular may be the key to unlocking the secrets of his captivity and freeing himself. Catch the trailer below:

(Watch the full trailer on YouTube.)

For those unfamiliar with the legend of Odysseus, Kirke's name is taken from the Greek goddess Circe. Upon meeting Odysseus and his traveling companions on their way home after the Trojan