Ajami, one of this years oscar nominees for best foreign film, is the latest and one of the most harrowing films set along the religious divides in israel. Its an admirably evenhanded portrait of life in an occupied ghetto that is bounded by checkpoints. The 2009 israeli film ajami directed by scandar copti and yaron shani was nominated as a foreign language film for the 2010 academy awards. Ajami 2009 film complet en francais fulltv fr films. A barbed but initially casual exchange between a jewish patriarch and his young arab neighbors grows more and more ugly and explodes. It was cowritten and codirected by an israeli and a palestinian, and set in jaffa, technically a part of tel aviv, which has high crime and unemployment rates. Jun, 2017 le film ajami 2009 vostfr admin 201706t04. Back and forth in time, and through the eyes of various characters, we witness how impossible the situation actually is. Ajami is a really interesting look at israeli society. The country they call home submitted their film for the 2009 academy award for best foreign film. In the ajami neighbourhood of jaffa, omar kabaha is the target of a gang feud involving his uncle. Ajami is the religiously mixed community of muslims and christians in tel aviv. Ajami won a special distinction award at the 2009 cannes film festival.
As their film shows, what you are and where youre from ultimately defines your destiny in ajami. Jaffas ajami neighborhood is a melting pot of cultures and views among jews, muslims and christians. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. We provide the complete list of 2009 movie releases by week of release. Nominated for a best foreign language film oscar, and winner of many international film prizes, ajami is a.
Sensitive yearold nasri and his older brother live in fear after their uncle foolishly wounds a prominent clan member. Feb 03, 2010 ajami is all about landmines, metaphorical rather than literal. The people at kino lorber seem to understand that a film like ajami cant be used to crosssell other films or tiein merchandise. Arabs, palestinians, jews, and christians try to live together in an area where omar, an arab israeli tries to save his family from a gang of extortionists t. Their focus is on delivering the cinematic and emotional experience. Ajami 2009 is an israeli film nominated for academy award best foreign language film. Ajami jointly directed by scandar copti, an israeliarab filmmaker, writer, and actor, and yaron shani, a jewishisraeli filmmaker is a movie that pulls no punches and takes no sides while delineating in a somber but cinematically engrossing manner the layers of conflict and bitterness that afflict israeli and palestinian societies.
Astonishing that this is a debut feature from two young directors. The stroy of a drugs dealers fight in israel, combining the arabicjewish conflict in jaffa. Written, directed and edited by yaron shani and scandar copti. Showcasing the gritty side of israel, outside the glitzy buildings of tel aviv and the religious plurality of jerusalem, this film shows the tougher side of jaffa and the struggles of jewish and arab residents and how their paths cross towards the end. And elsewhere, dando eran naim is a policeman drawn into the chaotic life of binj scandar copti, a suspected drug dealer who has been arrested for attacking a jewish neighbor. Jul 20, 2010 arabs, palestinians, jews, and christians try to live together in an area where omar, an arab israeli tries to save his family from a gang of extortionists t.
This is a powerful film that takes place in the ajami district, on the outskirts of jaffa. Much more than just a riveting way to start a movie, the opening sequence of ajami offers an important lesson for viewers to remember in that nothing in the feature filmmaking debut of the film s writingediting and directing team scandar copti and yaron shani should be taken for granted as a mere accident. Our list of movies in theaters in 2009 is even more accurate than the imdb database. Scandar copti yaron shani writing credits in alphabetical order scandar copti. Ajami 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Ajami may be set in israel, but at times it plays more like an american gangster drama.
The film does address the ethnic and social tensions that run through the country, but it does so in a. The israeli nominee for the 2010 foreign film oscar award. Cannes camera dor special distinction best ajami making of english on vimeo join. Jan 09, 2009 wild about movies provides you the most uptodate 2009 movies information online. Yaron shani, scandar copti 124 minutes, 2009, drama. Az izraeli jaffa varosanak ajami negyede harom vallas, harom eltero kultura talalkozasi pontja. Jun 19, 2010 scene from ajami 2009, an oscarnominated crime drama set in jaffa, the second city of israel. Ajami 2009 shahir kabaha in ajami 2009 ranin karim in ajami 2009.
While his preteen brother nasri habash watches, he gets himself deeper into trouble trying to find a solution, including a dangerous decision to sell drugs for payoff money. Click on any of the 2009 movie posters images for complete information about all 2009 movies in theaters, including trailers. Many characters in the film were played by nonprofessional actors who live in ajami. Its plot is set in the ajami neighborhood of jaffa, israel. Its written and codirected by an israeli and a palestinianscandar copti and yaron shani. Yet ajami is an israeligerman coproduction, resulting from the fruitful collaboration of a palestinian and a jew, with its credits and much of the dialogue in both arabic and hebrew, as though the film s harmonious production background were itself a corrective to the bleak themes of social volatility presented onscreen.
Ajami 2009 posted on february 23, 2014 by admin ajami is a neighborhood on the south side of tel aviv, israels largest metropolitan area. Essential viewing for anyone engaged in the ongoing drama of the middle east, ajami is a brave, apolitical look at jews and arabs in jaffas multiethnic ajami neighborhood a searing debut by israeli and palestinian codirectors, whose balanced perspective and use of nonprofessional local actors lend a palpable authenticity to a complex, crosscultural drama. Working with a cast of nonactors in the real streets of ajami itself, the film deftly meshes characters and conflicts with unsentimental compassion, uncompromising realism, and harrowing violence. These are five stories about the everyday life in ajami. Sep 17, 2009 ajami is the religiously mixed community of muslims and christians in tel aviv. Back and forth in time, and through the eyes of various characters, the ensemble piece ajami reveals how impossible the situation actually is, with fear and love crossing all barriers. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. Jaffas ajami neighborhood is a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among jews, muslims and christians. This articles plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The movie is dark full of dimly lit interior scenes, underground parking lots and night scenes and its. Nominated for a best foreign language film oscar, ajami is a bold crime drama set on the margins of an arab ghetto. Dando is also preoccupied with the fate of his brother, who has suddenly gone missing.
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