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Ajami

Ajami

7,0 /10 (90 Votes)
2009 HE 120 min

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.

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Release date

29/08/2009

Votes

90

Popularity

0.4

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

עג'מי

Language

HE

Runtime

120 min

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$1,331,651

Website

www.kino.com

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ACJ

2013-07-06

⭐ 7

A fantastically well written, well acted, well directed and well shot film. You barely notice its 2 hr length, as every minute is rich in drama and character. It's not an epic film by any stretch, but it's a significant one - bringing forth an engaging, touching, and at times poetic, story of a part of the World where life has complexities we understand little of. It may not quite match fellow notable Foreign Language Oscar nominees, City Of God, or A Prophet; but it comes very close and has many similarities.

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