Everything is kosher!

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Movie
German title Everything is kosher!
Original title The Infidel
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 2010
length 105 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
JMK 10
Rod
Director Josh Appignanesi
script David Baddiel
production Arvind Ethan David ,
David Baddiel,
Stewart Le Marechal
music Erran Baron Cohen
camera Natasha Braier
cut Kim Gaster
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Everything is kosher! (Original title The Infidel , English: The Infidel ) is a British comedy film from 2010 .

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The Muslim Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife Saamiya, son Rashid and daughter Nabi in the East End of London and does not take the rules of Islam very seriously. Rashid reveals to his father that he wants to marry Uzma, the stepdaughter of the fundamentalist preacher Arshad Al-Masri. In order to get Al-Masri's approval for the wedding, the Nasirs have to give him the impression of a devout Muslim family.

Shortly afterwards, Mahmud discovers his adoption certificate in the estate of his recently deceased mother . Unaware of his adoption, he does further research and finds out that his maiden name is Solly Shimshillewitz and that his biological parents are Jews . Shocked, he tells the Jewish taxi driver Lenny Goldberg about his origins, who can then tell him the whereabouts of his biological father Izzy Shimshillewitz. This lives in a retirement home. Mahmud's attempt to get to know him fails, however, because his father is terminally ill and his rabbi does not want to allow the Muslim to come to him without knowledge of the Jewish faith.

Without telling his family about his true ancestors, he lets Lenny teach him the basics of Jewish culture. Since he cultivates a secular way of life, he learns little about the Jewish religion. But he also takes part in a pro-Palestine demonstration to impress Al-Masri and burns his kippah , which he accidentally still wore. Then he and Lenny are guests at a bar mitzvah . Meanwhile, Mahmud's wife Saamiya suspects that her husband has betrayed her due to his often unexplained absence.

Another attempt to visit his father fails because Mahmud cannot answer the rabbi's questions about the Jewish faith. For this reason, on the way home, he has an argument with his "teacher" and he decides to reveal the truth to his family. When he gets home, however, Al-Masri is surprisingly over for a visit. The Nasir family go out of their way to appear good Muslims and listen to an Islamic chant by the preacher. During the visit the doorbell rings and the police arrest Mahmud for his racist act - burning the kippah. Shocked, he confesses in front of the television cameras that he is himself a Jew. Although he avoids arrest, Uzma's stepfather forbids the planned wedding.

Disappointed, his family leaves him and he moves desperately through town, where Lenny finds him and takes him back to the old people's home. There he learns that his father has just died. In the deceased's video recorder they find a video cassette with recordings of Mahmud that Lenny had sent to his father. In his last hours he had written Solly on the video, so he recognized his son.

With renewed courage, he attends an event by Al-Masri and begins a discussion with the fundamentalist. Finally, he reveals that Al-Masri is really Gary Page - his favorite singer, who has been missing for years and whom he can tell from his voice, a nervous twitch of the eyelid and his lyrics (the piece of music sung by Gary Page Close your eyes is content very similar to the Islamic chant Al-Masri) had recognized. The exposed preacher flees, Rashid and Uzma can finally celebrate their wedding.

background

The film was shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010 and was released in UK theaters on April 9, 2010. This was followed by performances in July at the Durban International Film Festival and in November 2010 at the Torino Film Festival . The German theatrical release was on June 30, 2011.

reception

“The clash of culture comedy is refreshingly disrespectful to hardliners from Judaism and Islam and advocates religious tolerance, but it suffers from the weaknesses of the implausible plot. Despite some good punchlines, it's rather a piece of clothing without narrative breath. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards and nominations

Evening Standard British Film Award 2011

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for everything kosher! Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2011 (PDF; test number: 128 068 K).
  2. ↑ Age rating for everything kosher! Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Everything is kosher! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used