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Director:
Sara Driver
Writers:
Ray Dobbins (screenplay)
Ray Dobbins (story)
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Release Date:
3 July 1996 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alfred Molina ... Marty
Marianne Faithfull ... Lilly

Rachael Bella ... Ruthie
Maggie O'Neill ... Sheila

Seymour Cassel ... Frank
Freddie Brooks ... Stretch
Matyelok Gibbs ... Mrs. Cleary
Carl Dennie ... Tony
Ruth Sheen ... Marge
George Lannan ... Police Chief
Gil Peleg ... Teenager #1
Matt Dahms ... Teenager #2
Barry Stevenson ... Drunk
Pim Tjujerman ... Postman
Megan Follows ... Kathleen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Wenn Schweine fliegen (Germany)
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Runtime:
Argentina:98 min | France:97 min | USA:94 min
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Hamburg, Germany
Company:
Allarts more

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Soundtrack:
NIGHT IN TUNISIA more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Very odd, 1 March 2006
5/10
Author: Mark (jackal59) from United States

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This is a strange, flat, and subdued film that nevertheless has some incidental interest, mostly for Marianne Faithful's performance. She's not only still surprisingly lovely and a rather charismatic actor, but she also in one scene rips off a stream of invective that reminds you just who she is. And if that doesn't remind you, then her sitting at the piano and giving the single best performance of "Londonderry Air" I have ever heard will.

Otherwise, it's a very intelligent little movie that is unfortunately directed in an almost completely lifeless manner; it might have been a better script for someone else to film. Definitely check it out if you're a fan of Faithful's, but I can't really recommend it for anyone else.

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