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Ajami

Ajami

2009Movie⏱️ 2h 4mNot Rated
CrimeDrama
7.2
IMDB Rating
6,756 votes

Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.

Director
N/A
Writers
Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
Stars
Fouad Habash, Nisrin Siksik, Elias Saba
Release Date
September 17, 2009
Language
Arabic, Hebrew
Country
Israel, Germany, United Kingdom
🏆 15
Wins
🎯 11
Nominations
💬 37
Reviews
📋 10.1K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Fouad Habash
as Nasri
👤
Nisrin Siksik
as Ilham
👤
Elias Saba
as Shata
👤
Youssef Sahwani
as Abu-Lias
👤
Abu George Shibli
as Sido
👤
Ibrahim Frege
as Malek
Scandar Copti
Scandar Copti
as Binj
Shahir Kabaha
Shahir Kabaha
as Omar
Hilal Kaboub
Hilal Kaboub
as Anan
Ranin Karim
Ranin Karim
as Hadir

💰 Box Office

$1,331,651
Worldwide Gross
$622,403
Domestic Gross
$35,792
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Sound
Dolby SR
Color
Color
Filming Location
Jaffa, Israel
Production
Inosan productions, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH, ARTE

🏷️ Keywords

palestinianboyfamily relationshipsbrother brother relationshipillegal gun purchase

🎯 Categories

ArabicCrimeDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Ajami
by Spuzzlightyear2012-03-25
8/10

"An interesting film, no doubt heavily influenced by "Traffic" and "Babel" "Ajani" takes 5 or 6 stories and quite brilliantly interweaves them together. The film mostly focuses on the Arab/Israeli conflict, and it's effect on the regular townspeople. It would help if you knew a bit of history (I didn't) to have a better political connection to the stories, but that's OK, the stories make up for it with it's human element. It's a bit confusing to follow for the first bit while you're trying to figure out what the filmmakers are doing, b..."

💡 Did You Know?

Most of the scenes in this film are improvised. Often the actors didn't even know what's going to happen.

📖 Synopsis

Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.