When Pigs Have Wings (Le Cochon de Gaza) 13 years old

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.

Credits

Ulrich Tukur as UN official

Sasson Gabai as Jafaar

Khalifa Natour as Hussein

Gassan Abbas as Slim

Myriam Tekaïa as Yelena

Lotfi Abdelli as Young policeman

When Pigs Have Wings Cast

Name	Character
Ulrich Tukur He was 54, now 67 years old	as UN official
Sasson Gabai He was 63, now 77 years old	as Jafaar
Khalifa Natour He was 58, now 71 years old	as Hussein
Gassan Abbas He was 58, now 71 years old	as Slim
Myriam Tekaïa	as Yelena
Lotfi Abdelli He was 41, now 54 years old	as Young policeman
Baya Belal She was 58, now 71 years old	as Fatima

When Pigs Have Wings Crew

Name	Department
Sylvain Estibal as Director. He was 43 (now 57) years old	Directing
Sylvain Estibal as Screenplay. He was 43 (now 57) years old	Writing
Benito Mueller as Producer.	Production

When Pigs Have Wings (13 years)

Release day: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Runtime: 98 minutes