Jalla! Jalla!

Jalla! Jalla! is a Swedish comedy film, which was released in cinemas in Sweden on December 22nd 2000. It was directed by Swedish-Lebanese filmmaker Josef Fares, and starred Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny and Laleh Pourkarim in the leading roles. It Josef Fares's directorial debut film and received seven film festival nominations, of which it won four. “Jalla! Jalla!” is Arabic for “Come on!” or “Hurry up!”. Plot Best friends Roro (Fares Fares) and Måns (Torkel Petersson), work in park management carrying out day-to-day manual jobs. Roro's Swedish girlfriend Lisa (Tuva Novotny) is keen to be introduced to Roro's family, something he has been reluctant to do because his Lebanese family would prefer he marries a Lebanese woman. When Roro finally decides to introduce Lisa to his family, he walks into the apartment full of relatives who are planning his marriage to a Lebanese girl named Yasmine (Laleh Pourkarim). Soundtrack Daniel Lemma was contacted by Josef Fares to work on the movie's score.