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Jalil

Jalil

★ 6.0/10•2009•29m•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.

Mazdak Nassir · Director

Mazdak Nassir · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime29m
LanguageFA
Release DateJun 1, 2009
Budget$230,421

Actors

Faruk Nazeri

Jalil

Masume Amerifar

Mahmoud Rasoul

Malla Malmivaara

Malla Malmivaara

Rasoul Dehgan

Hamy Ramezan

Ali Tehrani

Elias Gould

Elias Gould

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