Jalil

Movie·2009·0h 29m

Jalil

Country

Finland

Language

Finnish

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The Story

Jalil is 17-year-old boy living with his Iranian family in a suburb near Helsinki. Though he has lived in Finland all his life, it seems hard for him to find acceptance among the "native" Finns. At home he faces the opposite problem. His parents demand him to respect Iranian cultural traditions. Jalil is about one day in the life of a boy standing on the edge of two cultures. On this summer day big things are bound to culminate; religion, identity, love.

Producer

Ilkka Mertsola

Editor

Jussi Rautaniemi

Themes

rap musicfamily relationshipsiranfinlandimmigrant family

Production House

Sputnik
Finnish Film Foundation
YLE
AVEK

Audience Score

60%

2 votes

Skip14%
Timepass32%
Go for it36%
Perfection18%

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Cast

Faruk Nazeri

Jalil

Masume Amerifar

Mahmoud Rasoul

Malla Malmivaara

Malla Malmivaara

Rasoul Dehgan

Hamy Ramezan

Ali Tehrani

Elias Gould

Elias Gould

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Crew

Mazdak Nassir

Mazdak Nassir

Director, Screenplay

Jussi Rautaniemi

Jussi Rautaniemi

Editor

Ilkka Mertsola

Producer

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