Review of Ajami (2009) by Bill T — 13 May 2011
An interesting film, no doubt heavily influenced by "Traffic" and "Babel" "Ajani" takes 5 or 6 stories and quite brilliantly interweaves them together. The film mostly focuses on the Arab/Israeli conflict, and it's effect on the regular townspeople.
It would help if you knew a bit of history (I didn't) to have a better political connection to the stories, but that's ok, the stories make up for it with it's human element. It's a bit confusing to follow for the first bit while you're trying to figure out what the filmmakers are doing, but once you get into it, you get hooked.
Contains a twist ending that's both shocking and in an instant, puts more depth into the story. A must see if you're into these types of films. Great work here.
This review of Ajami (2009) was written by Bill T on 13 May 2011.
Ajami has generally received very positive reviews.
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