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Ali ([[Osamah Sami]]), the charming and musically-talented son of a Muslim cleric ([[Don Hany]]), struggles to make the right life choices despite the best of intentions. He wants to be with the girl, Dianne ([[Helana Sawires]]), he loves, but he's been promised to another girl at his father's mosque. He wants to be the great doctor that the community expects him to be, but he doesn't get the marks. Above all, he wants to make his father proud. To live up to these impossible expectations, he lies about his academic achievements, and then his quest to please his father spirals out of control, with amusing and poignant consequences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ali's Wedding|url= |
Ali ([[Osamah Sami]]), the charming and musically-talented son of a Muslim cleric ([[Don Hany]]), struggles to make the right life choices despite the best of intentions. He wants to be with the girl, Dianne ([[Helana Sawires]]), he loves, but he's been promised to another girl at his father's mosque. He wants to be the great doctor that the community expects him to be, but he doesn't get the marks. Above all, he wants to make his father proud. To live up to these impossible expectations, he lies about his academic achievements, and then his quest to please his father spirals out of control, with amusing and poignant consequences.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ali's Wedding|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2782692/?ref_=nm_knf_t1|publisher=[[IMDb]]|accessdate=13 May 2017}}</ref> |
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| Ali's Wedding | |
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 Theatrical film poster | |
| Directed by | Jeffrey Walker |
| Produced by | Helen Panckhurst Sheila Jayadev |
| Starring | Osamah Sami Helana Sawires Don Hany Maha Wilson Ryan Corr |
| Cinematography | Donald McAlpine |
| Edited by | Geoffrey Lamb |
| Music by | Nigel Westlake |
Production company | Matchbox Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes[1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Arabic English Persian |
Ali's Wedding is a 2017 Australian romantic comedy feature film from Matchbox Pictures.[2][3][4] It is directed by Jeffrey Walker and written by Osamah Sami and stars Sami, Helana Sawires, Don Hany and Ryan Corr. Sami has been quoted as saying that the film is "history making, the first Muslim rom-com, so it's going to hopefully pave the way for many other similar stories, not just from the Muslim community but from other communities and minorities in our society." He said that the "affectionate and poignant story of love" was trying to cast a more positive light on Muslim-Australian life.[3]
Plot
Ali (Osamah Sami), the charming and musically-talented son of a Muslim cleric (Don Hany), struggles to make the right life choices despite the best of intentions. He wants to be with the girl, Dianne (Helana Sawires), he loves, but he's been promised to another girl at his father's mosque. He wants to be the great doctor that the community expects him to be, but he doesn't get the marks. Above all, he wants to make his father proud. To live up to these impossible expectations, he lies about his academic achievements, and then his quest to please his father spirals out of control, with amusing and poignant consequences.[5]
Cast
- Osamah Sami as Ali
- Helana Sawires as Dianne
- Don Hany as Mehdi
- Robert Rabiah as Mohsen
- Rodney Afif as Haj Karim
- Ryan Corr as Wazza
- Maha Wilson as Yomna
- Rahel Romahn as Ayoob
- Majid Shokor as Sayeed
- Frances Duca as Zahra
- Khaled Khalafalla as Moe Greene
- Paul Kfoury as Ali's Cousin
Release
Ali's Wedding premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2016.[6][7] It also showed at the Sydney Film Festival on 8 June 2017.[8][9]
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92%, based on 24 reviews, and an average rating of 7/10.[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11]
Accolades
| Award | Category | Subject | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AACTA Awards (7th) |
Best Film | Sheila Jayadev | Nominated |
| Helen Panckhurst | Nominated | ||
| Best Direction | Jeffrey Walker | Nominated | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Andrew Knight | Won | |
| Osamah Sami | Won | ||
| Best Actor | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Helana Sawires | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Don Hany | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Frances Duca | Nominated | |
| Best Original Music Score | Nigel Westlake | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Ali's Wedding 2016". Screen Australia. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ Maddox, Garry (11 November 2015). "Short Cuts: Ali's Wedding draws on Muslim star's colourful life". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ a b Maddox, Garry (31 October 2016). "Australia's first Muslim rom-com movie, Ali's Wedding, hopes to disarm haters as it hits big screen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Ali's Wedding". Beta Cinema. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Ali's Wedding". IMDb. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ ScreenHub (9 November 2015). "Matchbox: Ali's Wedding shoot starts". ScreenHub. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Ali's Wedding". Adelaide Film Festival. South Australia Film Corporation. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Ali's Wedding". Sydney Film Festival. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)[permanent dead link] - ^ Dixon-Smith, Matilda (10 May 2017). "Australia's First Muslim Rom-Com 'Ali's Wedding' Finally Has A Trailer!". Junkee. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ^ "Ali's Wedding (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "Ali's Wedding Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 22 June 2018.