Jalla! Jalla!

2000 Swedish film

Jalla! Jalla!

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

Release date

* 22 December 2000 (2000-12-22) (Sweden)

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!”.

## Plot

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Best friends Roro (Fares Fares) and Måns (Torkel Petersson) work in park management carrying out day-to-day manual jobs. Roro's Swedish girlfriend Lisa (Tuva Novotny) is keen to be introduced to Roro's family, something he has been reluctant to do because his Lebanese family would prefer he marries a Lebanese woman. When Roro finally decides to introduce Lisa to his family, he walks into the apartment full of relatives who are planning his marriage to a Lebanese girl named Yasmine (Laleh Pourkarim).

## Soundtrack

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Daniel Lemma was contacted by Josef Fares to work on the movie's score.[2]

## Reception

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Jalla! Jalla! has an approval rating of 56% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 5.6/10.[3]

## See also

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* List of submissions to the 74th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References

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* "Jalla! Jalla! technical data" (PDF). TrustNordisk website. Retrieved 2013-11-07.

1. ^ "Jalla! Jalla!" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Database. 22 December 2000. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
2. ^ "Daniel Lemma | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
3. ^ "Jalla! Jalla!". Rotten Tomatoes.

## External links

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* Jalla! Jalla! at IMDb
* Jalla! Jalla! at Rotten Tomatoes
* Jalla! Jalla! at the Swedish Film Institute Database

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Movies|

* Jalla! Jalla! (2000)
* Kopps (2003)
* Zozo (2005)
* Balls (2010)

Video games|

* Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (2013)
* A Way Out (2018)
* It Takes Two (2021)
* Split Fiction (2025)

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* Hazelight Studios
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Swedish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1956–1975|

* The Staffan Stolle Story (1956)
* The Seventh Seal (1957)
* The Magician (1958)
* No Award (1959)
* The Virgin Spring (1960)
* Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
* The Mistress (1962)
* The Silence (1963)
* Raven's End (1964)
* Dear John (1965)
* Persona (1966)
* Here Is Your Life (1967)
* Shame (1968)
* Ådalen 31 (1969)
* A Swedish Love Story (1970)
* The Emigrants (1971)
* The New Land (1972)
* No Award (1973)
* No Award (1974)
* No Award (1975)

1976–2000|

* City of My Dreams (1976)
* The Man on the Roof (1977)
* No Award (1978)
* A Respectable Life (1979)
* Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1980)
* Children's Island (1981)
* Flight of the Eagle (1982)
* Fanny and Alexander (1983)
* Åke and His World (1984)
* Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1985)
* The Sacrifice (1986)
* Hip hip hurra! (1987)
* No Award (1988)
* The Women on the Roof (1989)
* Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)
* The Ox (1991)
* House of Angels (1992)
* The Slingshot (1993)
* The Last Dance (1994)
* All Things Fair (1995)
* Jerusalem (1996)
* Tic Tac (1997)
* Show Me Love (1998)
* Under the Sun (1999)
* Songs from the Second Floor (2000)

2001–present|

* Jalla! Jalla! (2001)
* Lilya 4-ever (2002)
* Evil (2003)
* As It Is in Heaven (2004)
* Zozo (2005)
* Falkenberg Farewell (2006)
* You, the Living (2007)
* Everlasting Moments (2008)
* Involuntary (2009)
* Simple Simon (2010)
* Beyond (2011)
* The Hypnotist (2012)
* Eat Sleep Die (2013)
* Force Majeure (2014)
* A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2015)
* A Man Called Ove (2016)
* The Square (2017)
* Border (2018)
* And Then We Danced (2019)
* Charter (2020)
* Tigers (2021)
* Boy from Heaven (2022)
* Opponent (2023)
* The Last Journey (2024)

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