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Alam

Summary Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful ...

Directed By: Firas Khoury

Written By: Firas Khoury

In Theaters Now
  • 2024
  • JHR Films
  • 1 h 49 m
  • 2024
  • JHR Films
  • 1 h 49 m

Alam

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 25 User Ratings
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Summary Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful ...

Directed By: Firas Khoury

Written By: Firas Khoury

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80
Apr 23, 2024
This intelligent, sensitive treatment of the rarely seen, everyday lives of young Palestinian citizens of Israel marks tyro feature writer-director Firas Khoury as a talent to watch.
By Alissa Simon FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 23, 2024
The media and society, in general, love to label groups of people as “the others.” But throughout the world, we have more in common than we realize. It takes films like Alam to see that we’re all in this together.
By Jason Delgado FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 23, 2024
Khoury’s light touch with a serious-minded script keeps the stakes low but intensely personal in what is essentially a story of a kid who risks his scholastic career, his good relations with his family and his “future” to impress a girl.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 23, 2024
To a certain extent, Alam, which marks Khoury’s feature debut after a well-regarded career in shorts (in particular, Maradona’s Legs) follows some clear conventions, but there’s enough that is still raw and urgent at the film’s soul to make it stand out.
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Production Company MPM Film, Paprika Films, Philistine Films, Red Sea International Film Festival, Metafora Production, Lacydon Bay Productions
Release Date Apr 26, 2024
Duration 1 h 49 m
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Awards

Cairo International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Kerala International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
• 1 Nomination

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