After a storm, Jafaar, a Palestinian fisherman from Gaza, reels in a Vietnamese pig that has fallen off a cargo ship. Torn between his Muslim faith, his desire to improve his wife's life, pay off his debts and the reality of the conflict, Jaafar decides to start a most unusual business with his pig and a young Russian-Israeli settler, Yelena.
A co-production of Marilyn Productions (France), StudioCanal, Barry Films (Germany), Saga Film (Belgium), in co-production with Rhamsa Productions (France) and uFilm (Belgium). Produced with the financial support of the Government of Malta, the Tax Shelter of the Belgian Government, the Tax Shelter of the Pôle Image de Liège and with the support of the Media Program of the European Commission. With the participation of the CNC.
Directed by Sylvain Estibal
Cast: Sasson Gabay, Baya Belal, Myriam Tekaïa, Ulrich Tukur, Gassan Abbas, Khalifa Natour, Lofti Abdelli, Khaled Riani, Uri Gabay, Ido Shaked, Thierry Lopez
Screenplay: Sylvain Estibal
Music: Aqualactica, Boogie Balagan
Producer(s): Franck Chorot, Wolfgang Mueller, Benito Mueller, Jean-Jacques Neira, Hubert Toint
Co-producer(s): Maya Hariri, Joffrey Hutin, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn, Nadia Khamlichi, Jeremy Burdek
Production director(s): Marc Olla, Matthias Weber, Amélie Rey, Simon Sansone (Malta), Anne Lessnick (Germany)
Executive producer(s): Jean-Philippe Blime, Anna Munro (Germany), Martin Metz, Iwona Sellers, Bastien Sirodot
Director of photography: Romain Winding
1 AD: Alain Olivieri
Casting: Ula Tabari, Nicolas Ronchi, Edward Said (Malta)
Artistic direction: Ino Bonello, Irene Piel, Francis Kiko Soeder
Costumes: Joséphine Gracia
Make-up: Marcelle Genovese, Emma Beard (Matle)
Hairstyling: Marcelle Genovese, Emma Beard (Matle)
Live sound: Dirk Bombey
VFX: BeDigital (Stephane Bidault)
Image editing: Damien Keyeux
Sound editing: Gert Janssen
Sound mixing: Mathieu Cox
Calibration: Peter Bernaers
Distribution: StudioCanal (France)
International Sales: StudioCanal
César for Best First Feature 2012
Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma de Patrimoine 2011: Henri Langlois Prize - Humanism and commitment
Tokyo Film Festival 2011: Audience Award
Tokyo International Film Festival: 4 nominations in the categories Grand Prix, Special Jury Prize, Best Director Prize, Best Artistic Contribution Prize
Festival du Cinéma de la Foa 2012: Nomination in the First Film category
