Country: UK
Year: 2010
Duration: 105'
the infidel Mahmud Nasir lives in London with his family. He is Muslim but sometimes doesn’t faithfully follow the precepts of the Islamic religion; nevertheless deep down he is very devote. As they prepare for the wedding of their son Rashid with the daughter of an imam, the Nasirs must show that they are true Muslims and Mahmud has to correct some of his slightly unorthodox attitudes. But everything seems lost when Nasir’s mother dies and the man is shocked to discover that he was adopted and, above all, that he is Jewish. “I originally became involved as a script editor and fell in love with the boldness of David’s story. The idea of using an identity-swap comedy to address one of the hottest topics of our time was something I couldn’t pass up. So, together with Omid, we created this kind of Muslim Homer Simpson: an everyman who happens to be a Muslim who happens to be a Jew. The Infidel’s full of synergies – of different identities, styles, and filmmaking approaches”.
Biography
film director
Josh Appignanesi
Josh Appignanesi (London, UK) studied anthropology at King’s College, Cambridge. After making a few shorts and a medium-length film, he debuted in feature films with Song of Songs (2005), which received a special mention at the Edinburgh Film Festival. He returned to shorts in 2006 with Ex Memoria, which was presented at numerous international festivals, including those of London, Montreal and Melbourne. In 2010, he presented The Infidel at the Torino Film Festival, after which it participated at many other international festivals. He teaches directing and screenwriting at the London Film School and at the Met Film School.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Brixtonian (coregia/codirector Misha Manson-Smith, cm, 1999), Penthouse (coregia/codirector Misha Manson-Smith, mm, tv, 1999), Respectable (coregia/codirector Misha Manson-Smith, cm, 2000), Nine 1/2 Minutes (coregia/codirector Misha Manson-Smith, cm, 2002), Song of Songs (coregia/codirector Jay Basu, 2005), Ex Memoria (cm, 2006), The Infidel (2010), Rufus Stone (cm, 2012).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Josh Appignanesi
sceneggiatura/screenplay
David Baddiel
fotografia/cinematography
Natasha Braier
montaggio/film editing
Kim Gaster
scenografia/production design
Erik Rehl
costumi/costume design
Marianne Agertoft
musica/music
Erran Baron Cohen
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Omid Djalili (Mahmud Nasir), Richard Schiff (Lenny), Archie Panjabi (Saamiya Nasir), Igal Naor (Arshad Al-Masri), Amit Shah (Rashid Nasir), Soraya Radford (Uzma)
produttori/producers
Arvind Ethan David, Uzma Hasan, Stewart Le Marechal, David Baddiel
distribuzione/distribution
Mikado
vendita all’estero/world sales
Salt.
TFF
prizes
