When Pigs Have Wings
Synopsis
After a storm, Jafaar, a Palestinian fisherman from Gaza, catches by chance in his net a pig that has fallen off a cargo boat. Although initially determined to get rid of this unclean animal, he decides to try to sell it and thereby add a little extra income to his pitiful existence.
Poor Jafaar then enters into an incredible and dubious business venture. In this tragicomedy, all the little folk of Gaza, caught between everyday hardship, Israeli military constraints, and the diktat of the fundamentalists in control, are represented by this poor fisherman whose only concern is to survive from day to day and who is willing to do anything to do so.
Jafaar, constantly making jokes about himself, even during tragic moments, evolves in this biting comedy and leaves us hoping that if we can all get along indivdually, despite our differences, then perhaps we will eventually get along collectively.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Marilyn Productions
- Co-productions : STUDIOCANAL, Rhamsa Productions
- Foreign production companies : Saga Film, Barry Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIOCANAL
- French distribution : STUDIOCANAL
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : Franck Chorot
- Screenwriter : Sylvain Estibal
- Director of Photography : Romain Winding
- Music Composers : Aqualactica, Boogie Balagan
- Assistant Director : Alain Olivieri
- Editor : Damien Keyeux
- Sound recordists : Dirk Bombey, Gert Janssen, Mathieu Cox
- Costume designer : Joséphine Gracia
- Line Producer : Jean-Philippe Blime
- Press Attaché (film) : François Hassan Guerrar
- Production Designer : Albrecht Konrad
- Casting : Nicolas Ronchi
- Production Manager : Anne Degrémont
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : English, Arabic
- Coproducer countries : France, Germany, Belgium
- Original French-language productions : No
