Ajami

Overview

Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl: Hadir. Malek, an illegal Palestinian worker, tries to collect enough money to pay for his mother's operation. Dando, an Israeli cop, does his utmost to find his missing brother who may have been killed by Palestinians.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 29, 2009

Original language

Hebrew

Spoken languages

Arabic, Hebrew

Countries

Israel, Germany

Production

ARTE,ZDF,Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion,Inosan

Cast

Hilal Kabob,Abu George Shibli,Ranin Karim,Eran Naim,Nisrine Rihan,Scandar Copti,Tamar Yerushalmi,Ibrahim Frege,Shahir Kabaha,Moshe Yerushalmiand 4 more

Director

Yaron Shani,Scandar Copti

Writer

Yaron Shani,Scandar Copti

Producer

Talia Kleinhendler,James Richardson,Thanassis Karathanos,Mosh Danon

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$1,331,651

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt1077262