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Jalil

2009-06-01 · 29 min · ★ 6.0

Drama

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.

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Directors
Mazdak Nassir
Production companies
Sputnik, Finnish Film Foundation, YLE, AVEK
Countries
Finland
Status
Released
Budget
USD 230,421

Top Cast

Faruk NazeriJalil
Masume Amerifar
Mahmoud Rasoul
Malla MalmivaaraMalla Malmivaara
Rasoul Dehgan
Hamy Ramezan
Ali Tehrani
Elias GouldElias Gould

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