When Pigs Have Wings (2011) Online
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....
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sasson Gabai | - | Jafaar (as Sasson Gabay) | |
Baya Belal | - | Fatima | |
Myriam Tekaïa | - | Yelena | |
Gassan Abbas | - | Barber | |
Khalifa Natour | - | Hussein | |
Lotfi Abdelli | - | Young Policeman | |
Ulrich Tukur | - | Officer U.N. | |
Khaled Riani | - | Salesman | |
Uri Gabay | - | Netsah | |
Ido Shaked | - | Soldier Terrasse 1 | |
Thierry Lopez | - | Soldier Terrasse 2 | |
Zohar Wexler | - | Colony Soldier | |
Maurad Saad | - | Jihad Cameraman | |
Khereddine Ennasri | - | Jihadist 3 | |
David Leguesse | - | Jihadist 2 |
Two pigs have been used called Charlotte and Babe. Both are female.
Contrary to popular opinion, a pig is not "a filthy animal" in Islam. It is forbidden to eat pigs, but that's the extent of it. It's not forbidden to touch, feed, or even raise them. In fact Turkey, a Muslim-majority country, has many pig farms.
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