| 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 a Swedish comedy film, which was released in cinemas in Sweden on December 22, 2000.[1] It is directed by Swedish-Lebanese filmmaker Josef Fares, and stars Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny and Laleh 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 the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 74th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.
“Jalla! Jalla!” is Arabic for “Come on!” or “Hurry up!”.
- ^ "Jalla! Jalla!" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 22 December 2000. Retrieved 16 September 2016.