''When Pigs Have Wings'' (french: Le Cochon de Gaza; ) is a 2011 French-German-Belgian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by Sylvain Estibal.

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

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Accolades

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* 2011 films French comedy films 2011 comedy films German comedy films Belgian comedy films Best First Feature Film César Award winners 2011 directorial debut films 2010s French films 2010s German films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub