Trailer
Summary
Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 75Audiences 66GoodWatch 71
Tomatometer84%
Metascore66
User score6.8
IMDb6.7
Audience score66%
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.1/5
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100100Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 22 countries, rent or buy in 24 more
+12Released
2016
January 21, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
Arabic
Original language
Made in
Netherlands
Palestinian Territories
Qatar
United Arab Emirates- United Kingdom
and 5 more17 people
Tawfeek BarhomMohammed Assaf- QAQais AttaallahMohammed Assaf (younger)
- HAHiba AttalahNour
- AQAhmad QasemYoung Ahmad
- AKAbdel Kareem BarakehYoung Omar
- THTeya HusseinYoung Amal
- DADima AwawdehAmal
- AAAhmed Al RokhOmar
- SSSaber ShreimAhmad
- Amer HlehelKamal
- Manal AwadMohammed's Mother
- WAWalid Abed ElsalamMohammed's Father
- Eyad HouraniAli
- Ashraf BarhomSmuggler
- Nadine LabakiShadia
- Maisa Abd ElhadiHIBA
- Rami YasinBeirut Doctor
Directing · 6
- Hany Abu-Assad Director, Screenplay
- Chad Rosen First Assistant Director
- Yanal Kassay First Assistant Director
- Azza Hourani Second Assistant Director
- Mikhaela Rosen Second Assistant Director
- Rima Haj Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Sameh Zoabi Screenplay
Production · 27
- Anick Poirier Executive Producer
- Tiziana Sousou Executive Producer
- Badr Jafar Executive Producer
- Gisel Kordestani Executive Producer
- Harold van Lier Executive Producer
- Sassan Ahsani Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Ehab Assal Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Eyas Salman Editor
Sound · 1
- Hani Asfari Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Nael Kanj Production Design, Art Direction
- Rabia Salifiti Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Hamada Atallah Costume Design
- Nour Aldeen Mekbel Assistant Makeup Artist
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