Jalla! Jalla!
2000, NR, 88 min.
Directed by Josef Fares, Starring Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny, Laleh Pourkarim.

A popular movie in its native Sweden, Jalla! Jalla! tells the story of a young man, a son of Lebanese parents, who is happy with his groundskeeping job, his Swedish girlfriend, and his best friend who suffers from erectile dysfunction. As he readies himself to introduce his girlfriend to his parents, they instead set him up with an arranged marriage. Complications ensue.

This article appears in January 30 • 2004.

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