Film Excess - Free Ukraine - Stop Putin - End the war NOW!!: Go with Peace, Jamil/Gå med Fred, Jamil (2008) - Shargawi's charged Danish-Muslim spiral of violence drama-thriller

5/20/2020

Go with Peace, Jamil/Gå med Fred, Jamil (2008) - Shargawi's charged Danish-Muslim spiral of violence drama-thriller

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+ Copenhagen Movie of the Year + Best Drama-Thriller of the Year + Worst $ Return of the Year: 0.05

A rough male hand with rings, an Islamic tattoo and a lid cigarette makes up the sparse image on this poster for Omar Shargawi's Go with Peace, Jamil

Danish immigrant Muslim Jamil kills a man who has taken part in the murdering of his mother many years ago, a vengeance that mirrors the centuries old Islamic rift between the Sunni and Shia camps. This starts a spiral of violence that is hard to end again.

Go with Peace, Jamil is written by coaching writer Mogens Rukov (Elise (1985)) and debuting co-writer/director/actor Omar Shargawi (Al Medina (2015)).
The problem with this Copenhagen-set Arab revenge drama thriller is its first 45 minutes, in which I didn't care for any of the characters; combined with the fact that we don't know who Jamil murders, or why.
This is a shame. Because with the needed patience, the viewer is then treated to some powerful scenes of Jamil with his father and son, which are very beautiful and full of truth, with tremendous performances to boot. Jamil actor Dar Salim (Lommbock (2017)) has since become a local star, but the rest are amateur actors, and the work achieved is remarkable.
The ending is uncompromising as a strong anti-violence statement. Go with Peace, Jamil is, despite its flaws, a recommendable crackerjack of a movie.

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2008 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]

Watch a trailer for the film with English subtitles here

Cost: 10 mil. DKK, approximately 1.47 mil. $
Box office: 87k $
= Box office disaster (returned 0.05 times its cost)
[Go with Peace, Jamil premiered 28 January (International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands) and runs 90 minutes. Shooting took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. The film sold 5,310 tickets in production country Denmark: The Danes did not respond much to the mostly Arab language film, and the country's considerable Muslim minority also did not flock out to see the film. This reportedly gave it a mere 83k $ total gross, - figuring with a tall 15 $ ticket prize, - and the only 2 other markets listed at the film's Box Office Mojo page are Norway and Greece with 2 and 1k $ grosses. The film was shown in several more markets, mainly at festivals. It was nominated for 2 Roberts (Danish Oscar). Shargawi returned with Fra Haifaa til Nørrebro (2010, documentary) and theatrically with a segment in anthology drama Do Not Forget Me Istanbul (2010). Salim returned in Livvagterne (2009, TV-series), 2900 Happiness (2009, TV-series) and theatrically in Submarino (2010). 400 IMDb users have given Go with Peace, Jamil a 6.9/10 average rating.]

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