The Idol

May. 06,2016      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Mohammed Assaf, an aspiring musician living in Gaza, sets a seemingly impossible goal: to compete on the program "Arab Idol."

Tawfeek Barhom as  Mohammed Assaf
Amer Hlehel as  Kamal
Ashraf Barhom as  Smuggler
Nadine Labaki as  Shadia
Maisa Abd Elhadi as  HIBA
Ali Jaber as  

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2016/05/06

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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2016/05/07

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

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Curapedi
2016/05/08

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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InformationRap
2016/05/09

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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