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When Pigs Have Wings (2011)

★ 6.9/10 98 min Comedy France, Germany, Belgium Arabic
Screenplay by: Sylvain Estibal
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

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Top Cast

Sasson Gabai
Sasson Gabai Jafaar
Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur UN official
Baya Belal
Baya Belal Fatima
Gassan Abbas
Gassan Abbas Slim
Myriam Tekaïa
Myriam Tekaïa Yelena
Khalifa Natour
Khalifa Natour Hussein
Lotfi Abdelli
Lotfi Abdelli Young policeman
Zohar Wexler
Zohar Wexler Colony Soldier

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