WENN SCHWEINE FLIEGEN

What is a heart? A muscle, a pump—a replaceable organ? Or is it more than that—a part of our identity, bound up with memories, feelings, and what makes us human?


WHEN PIGS FLY follows this question between two contrasting worlds: While pig hearts are being studied in the research lab as potential lifesavers, pigs on a sanctuary farm are allowed to grow old. At the center are two veterinarians whose different paths are united by a shared fascination: with an animal that is closer to us than we might like to admit.



Directed by Denise Riedmayr
Production a Michael Kalb Filmproduktion in collaboration with Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München and Bayerischer Rundfunk
Cinematography Felix Riedelsheimer