עג'מי · 2009

Ajami

Yaron Shani · 120 min · Germany

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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Budget

US$1,000,000

Worldwide revenue

US$1,331,651

Profit

US$331,651

Production companies

Inosan, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, ARTE, ZDF

Locations

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• Filming
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Setting

Ajami

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Cast

• Fouad Habash

  Nasri

• Nisrine Rihan

  Ilham

• Elias Saba

  Shata

• Youssef Sahwani

  Abu-Lias

• Abu George Shibli

  Sido

• Ibrahim Frege

  Malek

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  Scandar Copti

  Binj

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  Shahir Kabaha

  Omar