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Synopsis: 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....
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): Sylvain Estibal
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
2011
98 min
70 Views


And a nice hairstyle!

But now you grovel before Jafaar, no?

Are you afraid?

Now squeal like a pig.

Like a little gir...

What did you do?

This thing is loaded.

- Nothing happened.

- Nothing happened?

Everything is destroyed,

and you say nothing happened?

Do you think it can attack me?

What's the problem?

You're armed, not the pig.

Go ahead...

With men like this we will never

liberate Palestine.

Sorry, I'll be right back.

And?

I'm relieved.

It's done.

Well, if you were a Jew,

you wouldn't have killed the pig,

you'd have made a profit.

How, h-how?

The Jewish settlers across the way

they breed expensive pigs

then sell them to Russian immigrants.

They sell them to Europe.

Yours is special;

It comes from far away.

- Where from?

- From Vietnam.

- Impossible!

- I swear! It comes from Vietnam.

But why Allah sends me...?

Why would Allah send me

a pig from Vietnam?

Do you think it bothers the settlers,

if the pig comes from Vietnam?

I thought pigs...

I thought Pigs were forbidden to

the Jews as well.

This is the only thing which the Jews

are not allowed to trade.

They aren't stupid.

They always find a solution.

- You know how they breed their pigs?

- No.

On wooden planks on the floor.

Because they are forbidden to

tread on Israeli soil.

We should do the same:

One floor for the Jews,

one floor for the Palestinians.

That's how to resolve the conflict.

Stop, stop, stop!

Stop, stop, stop! STOP!

- I want to...

- Stop!

I want see chief of village

to make business.

- What business?

- Good business.

Say to chief of village.. to come.

Rami from Shin Gimmel.

There's a native here.

He wants...

Yeah, okay.

Send him here.

Wait.

- Good day.

- What do you want?

I have pig for you.

We don't take pigs here.

Don't say like this.

It's good pig.

Only one pig like this

in whole territory.

You will never see pig like this.

Pig, from Vietnam.

We do not need pigs.

Jafaar know you have pigs.

Jafaar smell pig.

Jafaar know everything.

If you see my pig, you like my pig.

Go back where you come from.

Come on, get out.

This where I come from!

I come from here!

You, you not come from here,

but I, yes!

I said get out!

Go on.

What have we done to deserve this?

You'd have been better off in Vietnam.

You poor swine.

There he is, there he is!

He's owed me 300 shekels

for three months!

Is this true?

Have you not paid your debts?

Man, there are no fish.

The Israelis don't let us let us fish

more than 4 kilometres off the coast.

We must be content with

tiny fish and garbage.

Listen, I can get you flip flops.

Left flip-flop, right.

Listen, I'll make it simple.

Tomorrow you pay your debts.

Otherwise you come to jail.

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Sylvain Estibal

Sylvain Estibal (born 13 March 1967) is a French reporter, author and film director. The film The Last Flight was based on Estibal's 2006 book. He directed the film When Pigs Have Wings for which he was awarded the César Award for Best Debut. more…

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