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.
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Made on a $230K budget
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Mazdak NassirScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 1, 2009
- Original language
- Persian
- Budget
- $230.4K
- Countries
- Finland
Production
Cast
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