When Pigs Have Wings

Overview

After a tempest, fishermen do not find only fish in their nets. That is what happens to Jafaar, a poor fisherman who lives poorly in Gaza. And what he hauls in is really upsetting: imagine that, a pig! An unclean animal judged impure not only by the Faith of Islam but also by the Jewish religion. Determined to get rid of the animal, Jafaar tries desperately to sell it, first to a United Nations official, then to a Jewish colony where Yelena raises pigs not for their meat but for security reasons. Of course, going unnoticed in the company of a "forbidden" animal, among his Palestinian brothers, past Israeli soldiers and under the scrutiny of Islamic fundamentalists is no bed of roses and a series of misadventures await Jafaar.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 21, 2011

Original language

Arabic

Spoken languages

Arabic, English, Hebrew

Countries

France, Germany, Belgium

Production

StudioCanal

Cast

Sasson Gabai,Ulrich Tukur,Baya Belal,Gassan Abbas,Myriam Tekaïa,Khalifa Natour,Lotfi Abdelli,Zohar Wexler

Director

Sylvain Estibal

Writer

Sylvain Estibal

Producer

Benito Mueller,Wolfgang Mueller,Franck Chorot,Joffrey Hutin,Jean-Philippe Blime,Jeremy Burdek,Maya Hariri,Hubert Toint,Adrian Politowski,Nadia Khamlichi,Gilles Waterkeyn,Jean-Jacques Neira

Cinematography

Romain Winding

Music

Boogie Balagan

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1735200