When Pigs Have Wings
- Comedy
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.
When Pigs Have Wings is a 2011 comedy film following a Palestinian fisherman in Gaza who hauls an unexpected cargo into his nets: a pig. The film chronicles his increasingly desperate attempts to rid himself of the animal while navigating cultural, religious, and political tensions across Gaza and neighboring territories.
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Sasson GabaiJafaar
Ulrich TukurUN official- Baya BelalFatima
Gassan AbbasSlim
Myriam TekaïaYelena
Khalifa NatourHussein
Lotfi AbdelliYoung policeman
Zohar WexlerColony Soldier
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When was When Pigs Have Wings released?
The film was released on September 21, 2011.
What is the basic plot of When Pigs Have Wings?
A poor fisherman named Jafaar in Gaza catches a pig in his net and must find a way to sell or dispose of it while avoiding detection among his community, Israeli soldiers, and Islamic fundamentalists—leading to a series of comedic misadventures.
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