Izzat (2005)

The three young immigrant boys Wasim, Riaz and Munawar are growing up in the east end of Oslo, Norway. They find school extremely boring and become attracted to the hard boiled gang East ... See full summary »

Director:

Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen

Writers:

Leon Bashir, Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen

Stars:

Emil Marwa, Ove Andreassen, Leon Bashir

5 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Emil Marwa	...	Wasim
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ove Andreassen	...	Grisen (The Pig)
Leon Bashir	...	Hamza
Yngvild Støen Grotmol	...	Renate
Marit Hamdahl	...	Rektor
Abubakar Hussain	...	Amiir
Rolf Isaksen	...	Harry doptester / Harry the drugtester
Danish Kahn	...	Sajjad
Rebekka Karijord	...	Elin Hansen
Shaheen Khan	...	Rashid
Sudhir Kumar Kohli	...	Pappa Mohammed (daddy Mohammed)
Amir Malik	...	Farooq
Daud Mirza	...	Saddiq
Elyas Mohammed	...	Khalid
Henrik Rafaelsen	...	Lærer

Storyline

The three young immigrant boys Wasim, Riaz and Munawar are growing up in the east end of Oslo, Norway. They find school extremely boring and become attracted to the hard boiled gang East Side Crew, which is run by the brothers Sadiq and Khalid. Petty theft soon develops in to drug dealing, violence and murder.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | violence | drug dealing | oslo norway | brother | 

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Taglines:

Life's a matter of honor

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Norway]

Country:

Norway

Language:

Panjabi Norwegian

Release Date:

7 October 2005 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Alvilági becsület

Filming Locations:

Grunerløkka, Oslo, Norway

Box Office

Budget:

NOK 16,900,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmkameratene A/S

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Izzat - life is a matter of honor

This is actually the first movie made in Norway that tells a story from the Oslo underworld. back in the 80's and 90's a new breed of criminals was on the rise in Norways capitol, Oslo. they were more violent, more international and far more dangerous than we had ever seen before. Norwegian drug lords got new competition from immigrant gangs that wanted a bigger piece of the action. and in the fighting that followed there would be spilled a lot of blood before the situation stabilized itself.

this is director Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen debut on the big screen and has formerly mostly been doing commercials and music videos. he says the inspiration for doing this film came from American gangster movies like good-fellas and the godfather and so on. but the strongest reason for why he wanted to do this film was the fact that he himself actually grew up in this environment when he was a kid, so he got first hand knowledge of these things, and a lot of the cast grew up with this as well which helps make the film more authentic.

we follow the life of three friends that grow up in the middle of all this. they are all sons of poor immigrant family's, but they feel Norwegian and expect the same respect that other Norwegians get. but with their poor background there is a long way to go if you want a nice job that pays well. so they decide to take the shortcut to status and respect through the gang East Side Crew which is led by the notorious Sadiq and his brother Khalid...

you will see nothing new in this film that hasn't already been seen before, but that doesn't make it a bad movie. in the action scenes you clearly see the director is widely inspired by john woo in how they play in slow motion and zoom inn on the bullets etc etc. this Action flick is actually quite satisfying to watch, and is well worth a look even for non Norwegians.