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Jalil

Jalil

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Drama
📜 Overview: 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.
💵 Budget: USD 230,421
🌏 Languages Available: Finnish , Persian
📆 Date Released: 2009-06-01
⌚ Running Time: 29 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.0

Beloved Cast

Faruk Nazeri original image
Jalil
Faruk Nazeri
Masume Amerifar original image
Masume Amerifar
Mahmoud Rasoul original image
Mahmoud Rasoul
Malla Malmivaara original image
Malla Malmivaara
Rasoul Dehgan original image
Rasoul Dehgan
Hamy Ramezan original image
Hamy Ramezan
Ali Tehrani original image
Ali Tehrani
Elias Gould original image
Elias Gould

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