Drama
Overview
Jalil is 17-year-old boy living with his Iranian family in a suburb near Helsinki. Though he has lived in Finland all his life, it seems hard for him to find acceptance among the "native" Finns. At home he faces the opposite problem. His parents demand him to respect Iranian cultural traditions. Jalil is about one day in the life of a boy standing on the edge of two cultures. On this summer day big things are bound to culminate; religion, identity, love.
Production
Sputnik · Finnish Film Foundation · YLE · AVEK
Cast & Characters
Faruk Nazeri
Jalil
Masume Amerifar
Mahmoud Rasoul
Malla Malmivaara
Rasoul Dehgan
Hamy Ramezan
Ali Tehrani
Elias Gould
Directors & Crew
I
Ilkka Mertsola
Producer
M
Mazdak Nassir
Screenplay
M
Mazdak Nassir
Director
