Watching a movie like this when every day the bulletin of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is tragically updated makes a weird effect, but the farcical facade of the story does not hide the tragedy of what has been going on in the Gaza strip for decades. So, it is impossible to deny the amusing side of a movie which really makes laugh, with moments of authentic humour, on the other hand the movie leaves also much to think about the absurdity of a never-ending struggle, without hurting anyone, but mainly siding with the weakest, those who neither win or lose, those who simply come under the conflict and suffer. So, no need to feel guilty for laughing, the drama is always there, to remind us the horror we hear and see in the news every day, but together with ordinary people's will to feel alive and free. Great acting by the whole cast, especially by Sasson Gabay interpreting Jafaar, full of passionate and realistic humanity, and for whom we cannot but feel empathy.
Review of When Pigs Have Wings
