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The Infidel

  • 2010
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
6.8K
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The Infidel (2010)
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An identity crisis comedy centred on Mahmud Nasir, successful business owner, and salt of the earth East End Muslim who discovers that he's adopted - and Jewish.An identity crisis comedy centred on Mahmud Nasir, successful business owner, and salt of the earth East End Muslim who discovers that he's adopted - and Jewish.An identity crisis comedy centred on Mahmud Nasir, successful business owner, and salt of the earth East End Muslim who discovers that he's adopted - and Jewish.

  • Director
    • Josh Appignanesi
  • Writer
    • David Baddiel
  • Stars
    • Omid Djalili
    • Richard Schiff
    • Archie Panjabi
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    6.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Josh Appignanesi
    • Writer
      • David Baddiel
    • Stars
      • Omid Djalili
      • Richard Schiff
      • Archie Panjabi
    • 42User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Omid Djalili, Tracy-Ann Oberman, and Natasha Jenssen in The Infidel (2010)
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    Omid Djalili
    Omid Djalili
    • Mahmud Nasir
    Richard Schiff
    Richard Schiff
    • Lenny Goldberg
    Archie Panjabi
    Archie Panjabi
    • Saamiya Nasir
    Igal Naor
    Igal Naor
    • Arshad El-Masri
    Stewart Scudamore
    Stewart Scudamore
    • Tariq
    James Krishna Floyd
    James Krishna Floyd
    • Gary Page
    • (as James Floyd)
    Leah Fatania
    • Nabi Nasir
    Stuart Antony
    • Drummer
    Scott Walters
    • Delivery Guy
    Mina Anwar
    Mina Anwar
    • Muna
    Amit Shah
    Amit Shah
    • Rashid Nasir
    Soraya Radford
    Soraya Radford
    • Uzma
    Ravin J. Ganatra
    Ravin J. Ganatra
    • Fahad
    • (as Ravin Ganatra)
    Christian Lees
    Christian Lees
    • Bar Mitzvah Twin Louis
    Jonah Lees
    • Bar Mitzah Twin Sammi
    Miranda Hart
    Miranda Hart
    • Mrs. Keyes
    Chris Wilson
    Chris Wilson
    • Security Guard
    • (as Karl Wilson)
    Niraj Naik
    • Keyboard Player
    • Director
      • Josh Appignanesi
    • Writer
      • David Baddiel
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      David Baddiel: The movie's writer can be seen on the TV show The Wright Stuff (2000), which Mahmud watches.
    • Goofs
      After Mahmud sees that Lenny has parked his taxi cab on his parking cones, he begins to walk over to Lenny's house to confront him about it. On the way, he walks past a car and the camera crew is reflected in its side.
    • Quotes

      [Mahmud tells Lenny his real name]

      Lenny Goldberg: Solly Shimshillewitz? Why didn't they just call you "Jewe-jew-jew-jew-jew" and be done with it?

    • Alternate versions
      Mahmud's road-rage scene from the outset has been sound-dubbed for strong language (UK video version), with the C-word being uttered only once. In the UK cinema print, Mahmud shouts the C-word many times towards the taxi driver.
    • Connections
      Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 6 April 2010 (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Close Your Eyes
      Performed by Joel Freedman

      Written by David Gavurin & Harriet Wheeler

      Produced by Howie B.

      Engineered by Ben Thackeray'

      Published by Warner Chappell Music Limited

    User reviews42

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    Featured review
    10/10
    Excellent story, intelligent and sensitive acting, and absolutely hilarious
    I rented The Infidel about 3 hours ago on pay-per-view being expecting a good but misfiring comedy about Jews and Muslims with some fairly obvious humour. However the as ever excellent Omid Jahlili (apologies for any misspellings), and Richard Schiff were the 'odd couple' of this really charming and heart-felt tale which was at times heart-stoppingly funny largely because of the deadpan delivery and wry observational comedy of the two principles. Richard Schiff teachng Omid to say 'oy' before moving on to 'vey' was so funny, but the real heart of the film was the telling of how fragile the racism of religion is and how based it is on misunderstanding, grandstanding, ego and attempting to 'secure the place in one's own community'. If it has a message it's that everyone is prey to their own culture's prejudices even when those prejudices are based on sometimes almost commicaly absurd rubbish,. A true classic. And a perfect selection of leading men.
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    4
    • golloglym
    • Sep 4, 2010

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    • Release date
      • June 4, 2010 (Ireland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Infidel
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Slingshot Productions
      • Ombadsman
      • The Salt Company International
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,817,080
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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