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Ajami

  • 2009
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  • 2h 4m
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7.2/10
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Ajami (2009)
Ajami Trailer - Five stories about the everyday life in Ajami - a religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv.
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Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.Ajami is the religiously mixed community of Muslims and Christians in Tel Aviv. These are five stories about the everyday life in Ajami.

  • Directors
    • Scandar Copti
    • Yaron Shani
  • Writers
    • Scandar Copti
    • Yaron Shani
  • Stars
    • Fouad Habash
    • Nisrin Siksik
    • Elias Saba
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  • IMDb RATING
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    6.7K
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    • Directors
      • Scandar Copti
      • Yaron Shani
    • Writers
      • Scandar Copti
      • Yaron Shani
    • Stars
      • Fouad Habash
      • Nisrin Siksik
      • Elias Saba
    • 37User reviews
    • 102Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 15 wins & 11 nominations total

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    Fouad Habash
    • Nasri
    Nisrin Siksik
    • Ilham
    • (as Nisrine Rihan)
    Elias Saba
    • Shata
    Youssef Sahwani
    • Abu-Lias
    Abu George Shibli
    • Sido
    Ibrahim Frege
    • Malek
    Scandar Copti
    Scandar Copti
    • Binj
    Shahir Kabaha
    Shahir Kabaha
    • Omar
    Hilal Kaboub
    Hilal Kaboub
    • Anan
    • (as Hilal Kabob)
    Ranin Karim
    Ranin Karim
    • Hadir
    Eran Naim
    Eran Naim
    • Dando Ben David
    Sigal Harel
    • Dando's sister
    Tamar Yerushalmi
    Tamar Yerushalmi
    • Dando's mother
    Moshe Yerushalmi
    • Dando's father
    Dana Abed
    • Hasna
    Ghassan Ashkar
    Tony Copti
    • Abed Salem
    • Directors
      • Scandar Copti
      • Yaron Shani
    • Writers
      • Scandar Copti
      • Yaron Shani
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    User reviews37

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    7planktonrules

    Well made but also rather unpleasant.

    I noticed that one reviewer said that this film was for all tastes. Well, I cannot see that at all. The film is pretty depressing and violent--and I'd never recommend it to anyone who is depressed or who doesn't want to see a film like this. It's gritty, tough and not something for all tastes. However, it was recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences (i.e, the Oscar folks) and was nominated for Best Foreign Language movie.

    This film is very unusual because it is seen from several different viewpoints. I never would have imagined an Israeli film where the main characters are divided up into chapters and each one stars such different people--such as Palestinian Muslims, Palestinian Christians as well as Jews. This is the best thing about the film--it humanizes everyone and shows motivation of everyone. None of them are evil, exactly---just people for good or for bad.

    As far as the story goes, here's where it gets depressing. Different folks NEED money and need it fast--such as the young man who must gather an astronomical sum to keep a violent gang from wiping out his family and another who needs to pay for his mother's life-saving surgery. What these folks do to try to get the money as well as the sad story of the dead Jewish young man all make for a compelling but incredibly depressing story. Death abounds and life is cheap in this film.

    Overall, it IS well made and the acting is quite nice. But I just found myself feeling awful by the time is was finished. Maybe you'll get more out of it than me...I dunno.
    8gelman@attglobal.net

    A Harsh Portrait of Life in a Jaffa Neighborhood

    Old Jaffa, bordered by the Mediterranean on the east and surrounded on the other three sides by Tel Aviv, is still predominantly Arab and Ajami is one of its neighborhoods. This film, which tells its several stories episodically and without drawing any explicit lessons, conveys the hazards attending life in a place where Israeli Arabs and Palestinian Arabs, both Muslim and Christian, Bedouin and other criminal gangs, rub up against one another under the sometimes watchful eye of Israeli police. Without summarizing the story to the point of revealing the plot, it is about violence and the threat of violence, about familial ties and codes, about vengeance and deals to appease the avengers. It is very well acted, and the subtitles make clear what is being said either in Arabic or Hebrew and occasionally both at once. The film makers have not had much experience. That makes it all the more remarkable that they have succeeded so admirably in telling overlapping stories from different vantage points and, sometimes, out of sequence without confusing the viewer. It is harsh but powerful film and well worth the two hours required to watch it.
    9yardenush

    Five minutes south of Tel Aviv....

    Astonishing that this is a debut feature from two young directors. The film, named for the Jaffa neighborhood where most of it takes place, chronicles the story of several neighborhood residents who tread through life amid rampant crime, strict Arab family structures and rules, clan law, revenge killings, harsh police and racism, and the growing Jewish presence in the neighborhood. It could have easily fallen onto the abundant clichés which generally characterize films that delve on this subject matter - but instead, there are no fingers pointed, no blame set and no far-fetched allegories. The focal point is always on individual human beings, and the injustices and tragedies that constrict their paths.
    8Spuzzlightyear

    Ajami

    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, but once you get into it, you get hooked. Contains a twist ending that's both shocking and in an instant, puts more depth into the story. A must see if you're into these types of films. Great work here.
    10ruth44

    Extraordinary film

    Ajami is the first full length feature film directed by two young Israelis Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani.

    They have produced an extraordinary film which features five separate stories set in Ajami, a poor Arab neighborhood situated in the city of Tel-Aviv/Yafo. The many characters are played mostly by non professionals, i.e. are not working actors, and the result gives a documentary feel to the film. Amazingly the level of acting is very high and ensures that the film is completely believable and absorbing from beginning to end. Perhaps the only drawback is the limited time available to develop each main character. The viewer wants to know more about them and their lives but time is limited.

    The film shows a part of Israeli society rarely shown in Israeli films (Arab Moslem and Arab Christian families living in Ajami) and the makers are to be commended for their achievement in showing a rather hidden side of our society.

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

      Dando Ben David: A guy was murdered in Jaffe. The whole department worked 24 hours nonstop. I haven't slept, because the kids drove me nuts. Bless their hearts.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Valentine's Day/Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief/The Wolfman/Ajami (2010)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 24, 2010 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Israel
      • Germany
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • Arabic
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Bạn Tốt
    • Filming locations
      • Jaffa, Israel
    • Production companies
      • Inosan productions
      • Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH
      • ARTE
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $622,403
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $35,792
      • Feb 7, 2010
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,331,651
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 4m(124 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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