

Ajami
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1M
- Box office
- $1.3M
- Language
- Arabic
- tel aviv, israel
- racial tension
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereHamptons International Film Festival9 Oct 2009
- PremiereAFI Fest1 Nov 2009
- PremierePalm Springs International Film Festival1 Jan 2010
- PremiereNew York City, New York3 Feb 2010
- Theatrical (limited)3 Feb 2010
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBFI London Film Festival21 Oct 2009
- PremiereGlasgow Film Festival23 Feb 2010
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival12 Sept 2009
ArgentinaAR
- PremiereBuenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema8 Apr 2010
BelgiumBE
- PremiereGent International Film Festival13 Oct 2009
- Theatrical24 Mar 2010
FinlandFI
- PremiereHelsinki International Film Festival24 Sept 2009
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival22 May 2009
- TheatricalGindou Cinéma29 Aug 2009
- Theatrical24 Mar 2010
GermanyDE
- PremiereMannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival5 Nov 2009
- PremiereArabisches Filmfestival Tübingen8 Feb 2010
- Theatrical1611 Mar 2010
GreeceGR
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival19 Nov 2009
- Theatrical11 Feb 2010
- Physical DVD25 Aug 2010
Hong KongHK
- PremiereHong Kong International Film Festival22 Mar 2010
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1 Apr 2010
IsraelIL
- Theatrical17 Sept 2009
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Ajami was released on 29 August 2009.
Audience reviews
1- A7/10
ACJ
7/6/2013
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 Languag…
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