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- 120 Minutes
- Kino Lorber
- Language Arabic
- Subtitles English
- Rated:
- Format: 1.85:1
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- Directed by Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
- Written by Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani
- Starring Abu George Shibli, Elias Saba, Fouad Habash, Ibrahim Frege, Nisrine Rihan, Scandar Copti, Shahir Kabaha, Youssef Sahwani
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AJAMI is a powerful crime drama set on the streets of Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood, a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among Jews, Muslims and Christians. It is told through the eyes of a cross-section of the city's inhabitants: a young Israeli, a Palestinian refugee, a Jewish police detective. As their stories intersect, we witness a dramatic collision of different worlds and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors.
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Won: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Music, 2009 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy ; Golden Camera - Special Mention2009 Cannes Film Festival; Grand Prize, 2010 Boulder International Film Festival
Nominated: Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Sound, 2009 Awards of the Israeli Film Academy ; Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, 2010 Academy Awards, USA; European Discovery of the Year, 2009 European Film Awards
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An urgent, immediate, jarring-but-fluid, multicharacter portrayal.
-- John Anderson, WALL STREET JOURNAL
- More on Ajami:
- Official film Web site