Jalil
Jalil

Jalil

6.0(2 votes)
2009
0h 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.

Production

Sputnik, Finnish Film Foundation, YLE, AVEK

Cast

Faruk Nazeri

Faruk Nazeri

Jalil

Masume Amerifar

Masume Amerifar

Mahmoud Rasoul

Mahmoud Rasoul

Malla Malmivaara

Malla Malmivaara

Rasoul Dehgan

Rasoul Dehgan

Hamy Ramezan

Hamy Ramezan

Ali Tehrani

Ali Tehrani

Elias Gould

Elias Gould

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