Origin: Belgium/Germany/France | Fiction | Director: Sylvain Estibal | 98 minutes

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When pigs have wings (Le cochon de Gaza)

Sylvain Estibal Comedy Belgium/Germany/France 2011 98 min.

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....

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkzjPGKqEY0

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