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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


No problem. God willing,

tomorrow I pay it all back.

Please, please, there is no

"God willing"...

OK. No "God willing."

And no flip flops or sardines,

understand?

Let me through.

Let me through!

My name Jafaar.

I fisherman from Gaza.

I fish "Big" from sea.

And I sure you like because

is very nice Big.

Sex?

Male or female?

Errr.. I don't know...

We only need males. The last we

had was killed by a rocket.

What a misfortune...

If my pig male, good for you?

Maybe.

I coming. I coming.

Male! Male!

Male! Male!

Shut up! Are you nuts?

- How much money you give me?

- Bring me his sperm.

What?

A Palestinian pig can't come in here.

It is not Palestine, no.

It's from Vietnam.

I just need his sperm.

Impossible.

No, no!

I give you pig

- with everything...

- I'm not interested in your pig,

I only buy his semen.

Yelena, Joseph called.

Tomorrow at four I will be here.

I make you good price.

- The guard post was attacked?

- No,

that was your shopkeeper

who smashed the window.

He broke a light bulb.

If you don't pay tomorrow,

we go to jail.

What did you say?

It makes no difference,

we're already in prison.

Here.

It's gold.

Hey, that's my wife's dowry!

I need plastic gloves and a bucket.

The big one up there.

The big one. The big one.

Fine, then just the small one.

- The pig is sick?

- Yes, yes, it's good, strong.

But it's nothing!

No, yes, very good, many, many,

take, take, take...

How much money you give?

Bring me more tomorrow, otherwise

I don't pay any more.

You tell pharmacist

that you want the blue pill.

Cough drops?

I don't know.

Blue pills...

Blue pills?

For what?

- They're for my father.

- What's his name?

- I don't know.

- What you don't know?

- Eh, what's your name?

- Abdallah!

His name is Abdullah.

That's not your father.

Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

If you want Viagra, then say so!

It's not for me.

I swear.

You like that, eh?

She's pretty, what with her

brown spots?

Excuse me, may I use the toilet?

In Tel Aviv, I watched this

on telenovela

from Brazil.

The crazies bicker all the time.

Madness! This is very funny.

What dirty business are you up to?

What are you doing lurking

around the settlement?

I collect olive leaves.

My wife...

makes medicine for my

rheumatism and back pain.

I'm a fisherman, lifting heavy nets...

Alright!

You have to pay a toll.

What's this?

Yes, that's the medicine for my back.

This is for old man problems

You're young and...

What's good for you is good for me.

You're late.

Jafaar have a surprise for you.

Your pig is better.

God punishes the muslim who eats swine,

and transforms them into pigs.

Sooner or later

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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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