When Pigs Have Wings (film)
When Pigs Have Wings | |
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Film poster | |
Directed by | Sylvain Estibal |
Produced by |
Jean-Philippe Blime Franck Chorot Benito Mueller Wolfgang Müller Jean-Jacques Neira Hubert Toint Jeremy Burdek Maya Hariri Joffrey Hutin Nadia Khamlichi Adrian Politowski Gilles Waterkeyn Marc Olla |
Written by | Sylvain Estibal |
Starring | Sasson Gabai |
Music by |
Aqualactica Boogie Balagan |
Cinematography | Romain Winding |
Edited by | Damien Keyeux |
Production company |
Umedia |
Distributed by | StudioCanal |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country |
France Belgium Germany |
Language |
English Arabic Hebrew |
Budget | $4 million |
Box office | $4.2 million[1] |
When Pigs Have Wings or Le Cochon de Gaza is a 2011 French-German-Belgian comedy film directed by Sylvain Estibal.[2][3]
Plot
Jaafar, a Palestinian fisherman unfortunate, caught in his nets a Vietnamese pig. Torn between his Muslim faith and his desire to improve the lives of his wife, pay debts and the reality of the conflict, Jaafar decides to undertake with his pig one of the most unusual trade with a young Russian-Israeli settler, Yelena. Indeed, she raises pigs and having no male pig, she asked Jafaar to bring him the seed of his pig
Cast
- Sasson Gabai as Jafaar
- Baya Belal as Fatima
- Myriam Tekaïa as Yelena
- Gassan Abbas as Barber
- Khalifa Natour as Hussein
- Uri Gabay as Netsah
- Bashir Wakil as Walid
- Michael Sciortino as Rabbi
- Manuel Cauchi as Abo-Zouhair
- Ulrich Tukur as The Officer U.N.
Production
The film was shot in Malta.
Accolades
Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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César Award | Best First Feature Film | Sylvain Estibal & Franck Chorot | Won |
Magritte Award | Best Editing | Damien Keyeux | Nominated |
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction | Sylvain Estibal | Nominated | |
Munich Film Festival | One Future Prize | Sylvain Estibal | Won |
Tokyo International Film Festival | Audience Award | Sylvain Estibal | Won |
Tokyo Grand Prix | Sylvain Estibal | Nominated |
References
- ↑ "Le Cochon de Gaza (2011)". JPBox-Office. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ↑ ""Le cochon de Gaza" - Tout est bon dans ce cochon - Le Point". Lepoint.fr. 2011-09-20. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ↑ "When Pigs Have Wings (Le Cochon de Gaza): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
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