Michael Sarnoski’s latest tale is a curly one, but not in the way you might expect.

Reclusive truffle hunter Robin Feld (Nicolas Cage) lives a peaceful life in the Oregonian wilderness, that is, until his precious pet porker is pig-napped in the middle of the night.

With nothing to lose, Feld teams up with his reluctant truffle buyer Amir (Alex Wolff) and heads to Portland, the site of his former life as a celebrated chef, to track down the trotter. The journey takes them through rugged terrain, from an underground fight club for restaurant workers to a swanky fine diner owned by one of his ex-employees.

Just don’t expect John Wick or Taken – no one is hog-tied nor are they gutted like a pig. The film is brimming with delicious surprises as we follow Feld on a three-part journey through his past life as we learn how he came to live in the forest with a pig in the first place.

Most surprising of all is Nicolas Cage, who shakes off the hamminess of recent roles and instead gives a restrained performance that superbly captures the heartbreak of loss and turns the silly-sounding premise into a soulful tale of self-discovery.