''Salami Aleikum'' is a 2009

Comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

Ali Samadi Ahadi Ali Samadi Ahadi (born 9 February 1972 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian-German filmmaker and scriptwriter who has directed '' Lost Children'', ''Salami Aleikum'', '' The Green Wave'', etc. Biography Ali Samadi Ahadi was born in 1972 in Tabriz, Ir ...

about an Iranian migrant family in Germany who try to cope with life in exile. There are

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parts and some musical videoclips (Iranian music and dance) are included. ''Salami Aleikum'' was a successful film in Germany.

Summary

Mohsen Taheri (

Navíd Akhavan Navid Akhavan ( fa, نوید اخوان; born 9 June 1980 in Tehran) is an Iranian-German actor and film director. He is also known as Navid Navid. Navid was born in Teheran, Iran. Due to the Iran–Iraq War Navid (age 4) escaped with his fami ...

), son of a migrated Iranian butcher family, hates and is afraid of killing animals. When his father (

Michael Niavarani Michael Niavarani (born April 29, 1968 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-Persian stand-up comedian in the tradition of Austrian cabaret, an author, and a TV and movie actor. Niavarani, whose comedic work often draws on his inter-cultural upbringi ...

) is sick, he has to go to the post-

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East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

to buy sheep. In a village there, Mohsen falls in love with former shot-putter Ana (

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) who is vegetarian. Mohsen tells them that he is from a Persian textile dynasty, and the villagers hope he saves the village's textile industry. Mohsen becomes more and more en vogue until his family come to find him.

Prizes

Salami Aleikum won the International Filmfest Emden 2009, the second prize of the Bernhard Wicki Film Prize and the NDR Film Prize for the offspring. The film was nominated for the MFG-Star Baden-Baden 2009. The film won the prize of the German Film Critics Award 2009, for Best Debut Film at the

Berlinale The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

. In 2010 the film's composer Ali N. Askin was nominated for the

Deutscher Filmpreis The German Film Award (), also known as Lola after its prize statuette, is the national film award of Germany. It is presented at an annual ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German film industry. Besides being the most important ...

. On 9 May 2012 Salami Aleikum received the Civis media prize.

References

* http://www.salami-aleikum.at/06-stab-besetzung.php

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt1245528, title=Salami Aleikum
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