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Ali's Wedding

2017 · 110 min

A warm, funny, and heartfelt coming-of-age story about love, family, and the messiness of growing up.

Directed by
Jeffrey Walker
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Osamah Sami, Don Hany, Helana Sawires
Tagline
Is there such a thing as a good lie?
Overview
After a "white lie" which spirals out of control, a neurotic, naive and musically gifted Muslim cleric's eldest son must follow through with an arranged marriage, except he is madly in love with an Australian born-Lebanese girl.

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  • Netflix
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Directed by
Jeffrey Walker
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Osamah Sami, Don Hany, Helana Sawires
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • identity
  • faith
  • deception
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Jeffrey Walker
Written by
Andrew Knight, Osamah Sami
Starring
Osamah Sami, Don Hany, Helana Sawires, Robert Rabiah, Khaled Khalafalla, Asal Shenaveh, Ryan Corr, Shayan Salehian
Music
Nigel Westlake
Runtime
110 min
Country
Australia
Languages
Persian, English, Arabic

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