Please note that this is a foreign language movie with English subtitles
Synopsis
Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, and winner of many international film prizes, Ajami is a bold new crime drama set on the margins of an Arab ghetto in the Israeli city of Jaffa that "could almost be in the los Angeles of 'Boyz N the Hood," the Baltimore of 'The Wire' or the Rio de Janeiro of 'City of God.' (Ney York Times)
Teaming with Palestinian illegal immigrants, Israeli Arabs, Christians and Jews, Ajami is a cloistered urban neighborhood as treacherous and potentially deadly as the front lines of Gaza. When a Bedouin extortionist is gunned down in self defense, a teenager is mistakenly killed in retribution, and an entire Arab family faces extinction. Under the same roof, a young Palestinian risks his life and freedom to pay for treatment that would save his dying mother. Out of the streets, a Jewish cop preys on the local drug trade by night while searching for his missing brother by day. Enemy, neighbor, or both, everyone in Ajami runs the same risk of death, arrest and heartbreak.
Cast & Crew
Writers:
• Scandar Copti
• Yaron Shani
Producers:
• Thanassis Karathanos
• Mosh Danon
Directors:
• Scandar Copti
• Yaron Shani
