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Feature Film

When Pigs Have Wings

6.92011PG-1398 min
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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.

Cast

Sasson Gabai - When Pigs Have Wings cast

Sasson Gabai

Jafaar

Ulrich Tukur - When Pigs Have Wings cast

Ulrich Tukur

UN official

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Baya Belal

Fatima

Gassan Abbas - When Pigs Have Wings cast

Gassan Abbas

Slim

Myriam Tekaïa - When Pigs Have Wings cast

Myriam Tekaïa

Yelena

Khalifa Natour - When Pigs Have Wings cast

Khalifa Natour

Hussein

Lotfi Abdelli - When Pigs Have Wings cast

Lotfi Abdelli

Young policeman

Zohar Wexler - When Pigs Have Wings cast

Zohar Wexler

Colony Soldier