Ajami

Name: Ajami
Genre: Drama
Released: February 3, 2010
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 82

2010

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Kino International | Release Date: February 3, 2010

Summary: A powerful crime drama set on the streets of Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood--a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among Jews, Muslims and Christians--and told through the eyes of a cross-section of the city's inhabitants: a young Israeli fighting a criminal vendetta against his family, a Palestinian refugee working illegally toA powerful crime drama set on the streets of Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood--a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among Jews, Muslims and Christians--and told through the eyes of a cross-section of the city's inhabitants: a young Israeli fighting a criminal vendetta against his family, a Palestinian refugee working illegally to finance a life-saving surgery, a Jewish police detective obsessed with finding his missing brother, and an affluent Palestinian dreaming of a future with his Jewish girlfriend. As their stories intersect--and the film's narrative shifts back and forth in time--we witness a dramatic collision of different worlds and the tragic consequences of enemies living as neighbors. (Kino International)… Expand

Director: Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani

Genre(s): Drama

Runtime: 120 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Emotionally mesmerizing. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine Wade Major

A timely and timeless look at the intersecting lives, fortunes and fates of Jews, Christians and Muslims in the fragile Ajami neighborhood of Jaffa, Israel. Read full review

A.O. Scott

One of the pleasures of Ajami, a tough and in many ways unsparing movie, is its deep immersion in the beats and melodies of everyday life in Jaffa and beyond. Read full review

Eric Monder

The main drawback to this noble effort, just nominated for the foreign-language Oscar, is that the two-hour film is unrelievedly grim and tense. Read full review

Ella Taylor

To the extent that its sympathies lie with the occupied and with those who must do the work of enforcing occupation, Ajami brings a warmly generous spirit to its subjects, almost all of whom become gangsters by default. No one is demonized or sanctified. The movie's sensibilities are humanistic. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The latest and one of the most harrowing films set along the religious divides in Israel. Read full review

Andrea Gronvall

Shani and Copti (who costars as a hipster druggie) elicit moving performances from their nonprofessional actors, who ground the somewhat breathless action in a streetwise realism. Read full review

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MattS.

Feb 19, 2010

Fantastic film. Similar to City of God and Gomorrah, but I think this wonderful Israeli film that is better than either of those. The performances by many non-professionals are terrific, and I loved the lived-quality of the scenes and settings, and the emotional intimacy that we shared with Fantastic film. Similar to City of God and Gomorrah, but I think this wonderful Israeli film that is better than either of those. The performances by many non-professionals are terrific, and I loved the lived-quality of the scenes and settings, and the emotional intimacy that we shared with these well-developed characters. Well-worth checking out! Israeli cinema is on fire right now. I have a feeling that more people are going to go out of their way to see A Prophet and The White Ribbon than will seek this out -- but it's absolutely worth the effort. If you enjoyed Late Marriage, The Band's Visit or Waltz with bashir -- by all means this is a must-see.… Expand

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