Ajami
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.
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Cast
14 people
Fouad Habash
Nasri
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Nisrine Rihan
Ilham
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Elias Saba
Shata
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Youssef Sahwani
Abu-Lias
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Abu George Shibli
Sido
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Ibrahim Frege
Malek
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Scandar Copti
Binj
Shahir Kabaha
Omar
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Hilal Kabob
Anan
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Homeland
Barriers
Ranin Karim
Hadir
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Ex on the Beach
Eran Naim
Dando Ben David
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Chained
Sigal Harel
Dando's sister
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Scandar Copti Director · Yaron Shani Director
Worldwide gross $1.3M · Budget $1M · United States release February 3, 2010
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,331,651
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Inosan
Production
Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion
Production
ARTE
Production
ZDF
Production
Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
Production
Germany · Israel
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Languages
Original title
עג'מי
Original language
Hebrew
Spoken on screen
Arabic · Hebrew
Release dates
France · May 22, 2009
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Israel · September 17, 2009
Theatrical
United States · February 3, 2010
Limited theatrical
United States
October 9, 2009 · Premiere · Hamptons International Film Festival
November 1, 2009 · Premiere · AFI Fest
January 1, 2010 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
February 3, 2010 · Premiere · New York City, New York
Argentina
April 8, 2010 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Belgium
October 13, 2009 · Premiere · Gent International Film Festival
March 24, 2010 · Theatrical
Canada
September 12, 2009 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Finland
September 24, 2009 · Premiere · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
August 29, 2009 · Theatrical · Gindou Cinéma
March 24, 2010 · Theatrical
Germany
November 5, 2009 · Premiere · Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival
February 8, 2010 · Premiere · Arabisches Filmfestival Tübingen
March 11, 2010 · Theatrical
Greece
November 19, 2009 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
February 11, 2010 · Theatrical
August 25, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
March 22, 2010 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hungary
April 1, 2010 · Theatrical
Spain
March 26, 2010 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 21, 2009 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
February 23, 2010 · Premiere · Glasgow Film Festival
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