WHEN PIGS HAVE WINGS (Le cochon de Gaza, 2011)

Similarities and contradictions in conflicts

France-Germany-Belgium. Direction: Sylvain Estibal. Production: Franck Chorot, Jean-Philippe Blime, Benito Mueller, Wolfgang Müller, Jean-Jacques Neira, Hubert Toint / Marilyn Productions, Studiocanal, Barry Films, Saga Film, Rhamsa Productions. Screenplay: Sylvain Estibal. Argazkia: Romain Winding. Edition: Damien Keyeux. Cast: Sasson Gabay, Baya Belal, Myriam Tekaïa, Gassan Abbas, Khalifa Natour. Running time: 98 min

LANGUAGE: Arabic, Hebrew / SUBTITLES: Spanish

After a storm, Jafaar, a Palestinian fisherman from Gaza finds a pig in his net. The animal has more than likely fallen from a ship. Determined to rid himself of the impure beast, he decides to sell it and ease his desperate financial situation. To find a buyer, Jafaar sets out on a mad and not particularly recommendable adventure. In this tragicomedy, the little town of Gaza, trapped between its everyday misery, the coercion of the Israeli soldiers and the scrutiny of the Islamic fundamentalists, is represented by a poor fisherman who tries to scrape a living and will do (almost) anything to get by..