The read
A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10.
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.
Ratings
116 audience votes
Key crew
- Sylvain EstibalDirector
- Sylvain EstibalScreenplay
- Boogie BalaganOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sasson GabaiJafaar
- Ulrich TukurUN official
- Baya BelalFatima
- Gassan AbbasSlim
- Myriam TekaïaYelena
- Khalifa NatourHussein
- Lotfi AbdelliYoung policeman
- Zohar WexlerColony Soldier
