Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."
- Awards
- 2 wins & 5 nominations
Qais Attaallah
- Mohammed Assaf (younger)
- (as Qais Attallah)
Hiba Attalah
- Nour
- (as Hiba Attahllah)
Ahmad Qasem
- Young Ahmad
- (as Ahmad Qassim)
Abdel Kareem Barakeh
- Young Omar
- (as Abdalkarim Abubaraka)
Ahmed Al Rokh
- Omar
- (as Ahmad Rokh)
Walid Abed Elsalam
- Mohammed's Father
- (as Waleed Abd Elsalem)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe true story (with a few fictionalized elements) of Mohammed Assaf, a singer from Gaza, who was the winner of the second season of "Arab Idol".
- SoundtracksTamally Maak
Performed by Nakola Khalil Abu Nikola
Lyrics by Ahmad Ali Musa
Composed by Sherif Taj
Arranged by Habib Shehada Hanna
Licensed by Digital Sound Company
Featured review
Great example of Cheap, full of clichés and "fast food" film-making!
The film is a bad representation of reality. The acting is cheesy. The cinematography is more like a slang TV drama than being an actual cinematic experience. The film all in all has this amateurish feeling. The script is naïve and too straight forward, more like an average student script. I was expecting to see more of a multi- layered journey, showcasing Gaza, the people who live there, their daily life and suffering within Assaf's story, as well as a realistic representation of the actual environment where Mohammad Assaf was born and raised, but unfortunately that wasn't the direction at all.
On the contrary I found the film experience cheap, childish, and melodramatic, in some parts it says that now we're in Lebanon while we see shots of Jordan instead, lots of shots were out of sync as apparently the director decided to change the script after the production was over (and asked the actors to record new lines, and stuck the new lines on their mouths)...
Overall I would say this piece of work is a great example of films that doesn't respect its audience.
On the contrary I found the film experience cheap, childish, and melodramatic, in some parts it says that now we're in Lebanon while we see shots of Jordan instead, lots of shots were out of sync as apparently the director decided to change the script after the production was over (and asked the actors to record new lines, and stuck the new lines on their mouths)...
Overall I would say this piece of work is a great example of films that doesn't respect its audience.
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- amr199
- Jun 29, 2016
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- El ídolo
- Filming locations
- Jenin, Palestine(outdoor filming)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $343,059
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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