Jalla! Jalla! (2000)

Director:

Josef Fares

Writer:

Josef Fares (writer)

Release Date:

22 December 2000 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Memfis Film presenterar en skön rulle av Josef Fares

Plot:

Roro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend but is about to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to Lebanon...

Plot Keywords:

Lebanon | Love | Wedding | Arranged Marriage | Immigrant

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Fares Fares	...	Roro
Torkel Petersson	...	Måns
Tuva Novotny	...	Lisa
Laleh Pourkarim	...	Yasmin
Leonard Terfelt	...	Paul
Jan Fares	...	Farsan
Sofi Ahlström Helleday	...	Jenny
Benyam Eriksson	...	Benson
Khatoun Fares	...	Farmor
Abdulahad Fares	...	Abdul
Ingemar Carlehed	...	Pappa Ulf
Harry Goldstein	...	Sexbutiksägare
Tommy Andersson	...	Peter
Christer Fjällström	...	Polis
Jacob Tamm	...	Simon Pramsten

Also Known As:

The Best Man's Wedding (Australia)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Iceland:LH | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Australia:M (original rating) | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Company:

Memfis Film

Trivia:

The scene were a little girl runs after Lisa saying, "Lisa, wait Lisa. Wait," was not planned. It was a little girl who had threw sand at 'Torkel Pettersson', who finally threw some sand back. So she went away and ended up on set believing it was all real.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Roro, Yasmin and Paul are spinning in the car, you can clearly see four or five tire tracks on the street.

Quotes:

Polis: [Måns is arrested by the police after throwing out furniture] Well, how did this happen?
Måns: Ehm, what?
Polis: Well, there's furniture on the street, under your balcony...
Måns: I accidentally dropped them...
Polis: Really? How?
Måns: I don't know... I was going to... refurbish... a little and then i tripped... it was some little... edge that...
Polis: On the balcony?
Måns: Yes, exactly...
Polis: With a whole drawer, a TV and an aquarium?
Måns: Mm...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kopps (2003)

Soundtrack:

Tannhäuser/Derivè

Best Swedish Comedy in Years

This film marks the beginning of a career that hopefully will spawn number of good films in the future. Little known Fares has made an intelligent and very funny film. I totally recommend all people who have the opportunity to see this movie.