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When Pigs Have Wings

When Pigs Have Wings

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 21, 2011

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

69%

Original Title

Le Cochon de Gaza

Production Companies

StudioCanal

Director

Sylvain Estibal

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.