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When Pigs Have Wings

2011 French film

When Pigs Have Wings (French: Le Cochon de Gaza; lit. 'The pig from Gaza') is a 2011 French-German-Belgian comedy film directed by Sylvain Estibal.[2][3]

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Plot

One day Jaafar, a fortuneless Palestinian fisherman, catches a Vietnamese pig in his fishing nets. Torn between his Muslim faith and his desire to improve the lives of his wife and himself, pay debts and the reality of the conflict, Jaafar decides to undertake a most unusual trade with a young Russian-Israeli settler, Yelena. She raises pigs and - having no male pig of her own - she asks Jafaar to bring him the seed of his pig.

Cast

  • Sasson Gabai as Jafaar
  • Baya Belal as Fatima
  • Myriam Tekaïa as Yelena
  • Gassan Abbas as Barber
  • Khalifa Natour as Hussein
  • Uri Gabay as Netsah
  • Bashir Wakil as Walid
  • Michael Sciortino as Rabbi
  • Manuel Cauchi as Abo-Zouhair
  • Ulrich Tukur as The UN Officer

Production

The film was shot in Malta.

Accolades

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References

  1. [1]
    "Le Cochon de Gaza (2011)". JPBox-Office. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  2. [2]
    ""Le cochon de Gaza" - Tout est bon dans ce cochon - Le Point". Lepoint.fr. 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  3. [3]
    "When Pigs Have Wings (Le Cochon de Gaza): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 September 2011.


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