| Jalla! Jalla! | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Josef Fares |
| Written by | Josef Fares |
| Produced by | Anna Anthony |
| Starring | Fares Fares Torkel Petersson Tuva Novotny Laleh Pourkarim |
| Cinematography | Aril Wretblad |
| Music by | Daniel Lemma |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Languages | Swedish Arabic |
Jalla! Jalla! is aSwedish comedy film, which was released in cinemas in Sweden on December 22, 2000.[1] It is directed bySwedish-Lebanese filmmakerJosef Fares, and starsFares Fares,Torkel Petersson,Tuva Novotny andLaleh Pourkarim in the leading roles. It Fares's directorial debut film and received seven film festival nominations, of which it won four. The film was selected as the Swedish entry for theBest Foreign Language Oscar at the74th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
“Jalla! Jalla!” isArabic for “Come on!” or “Hurry up!”.
Best friends Roro (Fares Fares) and Måns (Torkel Petersson) work in park management carrying out day-to-day manual jobs. Roro's Swedish girlfriend Lisa (Tuva Novotny) is keen to be introduced to Roro's family, something he has been reluctant to do because hisLebanese family would prefer he marries a Lebanese woman. When Roro finally decides to introduce Lisa to his family, he walks into the apartment full of relatives who are planning his marriage to a Lebanese girl named Yasmine (Laleh Pourkarim).
Daniel Lemma was contacted by Josef Fares to work on the movie's score.[2]
Jalla! Jalla! has an approval rating of 56% onreview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 5.6/10.[3]
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