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Nadim Sawalha (Arabic: نديم صوالحة) (born 9(?) September 1935) is a Jordanian-born British actor and father of actresses Julia and Nadia Sawalha.
Nadim was born in Madaba, Jordan, in 1935 and came to Britain in the 1950s, to study drama. His daughter Julia revealed on her episode of Who Do You Think You Are? that even he is uncertain of his birth date, but it is thought to be around 7 to 9 September.
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Nadim Sawalha
Birth name Nadim Sawalha
Birth 1 january 1935 (89 years) at Madaba
Birth 1 january 1935 (89 years) at Madaba
Nadim Sawalha (Arabic: نديم صوالحة) (born 9(?) September 1935) is a Jordanian-born British actor and father of actresses Julia and Nadia Sawalha.
Nadim was born in Madaba, Jordan, in 1935 and came to Britain in the 1950s, to study drama. His daughter Julia revealed on her episode of Who Do You Think You Are? that even he is uncertain of his birth date, but it is thought to be around 7 to 9 September.
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Tel Aviv on Fire (2018)
, 1h37Directed by Sameh Zoabi
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Kais Nashef, Lubna Azabal, Nadim Sawalha, Yousef (Joe) Sweid, Laëtitia Eïdo
Roles Bassam
Rating66%
Salam, 30 ans, vit à Jérusalem. Il est palestinien et stagiaire sur le tournage de la série arabe à succès Tel Aviv on Fire.
The Rendezvous (2016)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Raza Jaffrey, Stana Katic, Ronald Guttman, Darby Stanchfield, Nadim Sawalha
Rating52%
The Rendezvous follows an unlikely pair who find themselves swept up in a deadly race to find a sacred Dead Sea Scroll hidden in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan.
West Is West (2011)
, 1h43Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Robert Pugh, Lesley Nicol, Jimi Mistry
Roles Pir Naseem
Rating63%
The film is set in the year 1976, five years after the original film East is East. Little is known about most of the Khan children, except that they seldom communicate with their parents. Tariq is now a hippie (looking like George Harrison) who runs a new age shop with older brother Nazir and has an English girlfriend who is unaware of his true ethnicity, and Maneer is living with his extended family in Pakistan where he is searching for a suitable wife. Sajid, the youngest who no longer wears a parka, is a truant who is constantly bullied due to his Pakistani background, although the headmaster - a former British soldier who had served in the Punjab - is sympathetic and encourages him to embrace his heritage. After Sajid is caught shoplifting, his father George, who has somewhat retained his bullying nature, attacks him at home. When Sajid retaliates by calling him a "dirty Paki bastard," a devastated George states all of his other children in England have become British and he cannot lose Sajid as well, so he decides to take him to Pakistan to meet his extended family and show him that life there is better, though Ella openly disapproves.
Journey to Mecca (2009)
, 45minutesDirected by Bruce Neibaur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about Islam
Actors Ben Kingsley, Nabil Elouahabi, Nadim Sawalha
Roles Ibn Mustapha
Rating72%
Bien que peu connu en France, Ibn Battuta est un des explorateurs majeurs de l'Histoire. Célèbre aventurier marocain du 14ème siècle, il entreprend, en 1325, une expédition épique à La Mecque, centre historique et culturel de l'Islam. Il rentre 29 ans plus tard, après avoir traversé le monde, de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, l'Espagne et l'Inde à la Chine et les Maldives, parcourant plus de 120 000 kilomètres, soit trois fois la distance parcourue plus tard par Marco Polo ! Le Grand voyage d'Ibn Battuta retrace le premier pèlerinage de l'explorateur entre 1325 et 1326 de Tanger à la Mecque et dresse un riche portrait de la civilisation Islamique du 14ème siècle. Sur 1000 m2 d'écran hémisphérique, la beauté des paysages, le sens et le caractère épique de cette expédition sont démultipliés.
Captain Abu Raed (2008)
, 1h42Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Nadim Sawalha, Fatima Adoum
Roles Abu Raed
Rating72%
Abu Raed is an airport janitor at the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman. After finding a Royal Jordanian captain's hat in the trash, the neighborhood children mistake him for an airline pilot and beg him to tell them stories of his adventures. At first refusing, he later concedes and tells them about his fictional travels to England, France, and New York, earning the name "Captain Abu Raed"
Whatever Lola wants (2007)
, 1h55Directed by Nabil Ayouch
Origin Maroc
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Dance films
Actors Achmed Akkabi, Assaâd Bouab, Laura Ramsey, Carmen Lebbos, Hend Sabri, Mariem Fakhr El Dine
Roles Adham
Rating63%
Lola (Laura Ramsey) is a female postal worker that dreams of becoming an oriental dancer. After a friend encourages her to perform at a local restaurant, Lola captures the attentions of the handsome Zack (Assaad Bouab). Lola follows after him, but is crushed to find that Zack is to marry someone of his family's choosing. Lola decides to turn all of her energy into making her dreams a reality and tracks down Ismahan (Carmen Lebbos), a reclusive dancing star that retired due to a scandal involving a mysterious lover. Although reluctant, Ismahan is persuaded into giving Lola lessons and a friendship blossoms as a result. In no time Lola becomes a professional level dancer and attracts the interest of Nasser Radi (Hichem Rostom), a famous impresario. He takes her under his wing and under his tutelage Lola gets to dance at the prestigious Nile Tower. During this time Lola discovers that Nasser was Ismahan's lover and that the two were kept apart because of social conventions but also because of their own pride. As Lola's career takes off, she manages to help reunite the two former lovers before returning to New York in order to take the art she loves to her fellow Americans.
The Nativity Story (2006)
, 1h41Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Pregnancy films, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Keisha Castle-Hugues, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Stanley Townsend, Ciarán Hinds
Roles Melchior
Rating68%
The plot begins with the portrayal of the Massacre of the Innocents in the Nativity. The remainder of the movie portrays the annunciation (conception) and birth of Jesus Christ to explain why King Herod the Great (Ciarán Hinds) ordered the murder.
Syriana (2005)
, 2h2Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Amr Waked, Chris Cooper, Amanda Peet
Roles Emir Hamed Al-Subaai
Rating68%
U.S. energy giant Connex is losing control of key Middle East oil fields in a kingdom ruled by the al-Subaai family. The emirate's foreign minister, Prince Nasir (Alexander Siddig), has granted natural gas drilling rights to a Chinese company, greatly upsetting the U.S. oil industry and government. To compensate for its decreased production capacity, Connex initiates a shady merger with Killen, a smaller oil company that recently won the drilling rights to key petroleum fields in Kazakhstan. Connex-Killen ranks as the world's twenty-third largest economy, and antitrust regulators at the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) have misgivings. A Washington, D.C.-based law firm headed by Dean Whiting (Christopher Plummer) is hired to smooth the way for the merger. Bennett Holiday (Jeffrey Wright) is assigned to promote the impression of due diligence to the DOJ, deflecting any allegations of corruption.
The Avengers (1998)
, 1h29Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Izzard
Roles World Council of Ministers
Rating38%
The film opens with John Steed (Ralph Fiennes), agent of The Ministry, in a training course which he finishes successfully. Next, we see Dr. Emma Peel (Uma Thurman) at home where she receives a phone call telling her to go to a gentlemen's club - no women allowed - where she meets Steed for the first time. The two head off to the Ministry to meet Mother (Jim Broadbent), who informs them the Prospero project - an attempt to influence the weather - was sabotaged apparently by Emma Peel. Dr. Peel claims she is innocent, but she is sent to work alongside Steed to find the real culprit. Mother's off-sider, Father (Fiona Shaw), claims Peel suffers from a mental disease. They go off to visit Sir August De Wynter (Sean Connery), an old ally of The Ministry. He takes an instant liking to Peel, as they both share a love of weather.
Cleopatra (miniseries) (1998)
, 2h57Directed by Franc Roddam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Leonor Varela, Timothy Dalton, Billy Zane, Rupert Graves, Sean Pertwee, John Bowe
Roles Mardian
Rating64%
The film begins in Alexandria with Cleopatra VII, Egypt's rightful Queen, in exile, while her sister Arsinoe and brother, Ptolemy have stolen the throne. Roman general Julius Caesar comes to collect Egypt's tax debt. After conversing with a courtesan, Cleopatra smuggles herself into the palace wrapped in a carpet; a gift from her to Caesar. He accepts the gift and the young queen is revealed to Caesar. The two spend the night together, and the next morning, Cleopatra and Ptolemy are betrothed to marry by Caesar. Shortly after the siblings are wed, Cleopatra is proclaimed Queen of Egypt, forcing Ptolemy to join forces with Arsinoe and drive their sister out of Alexandria.
Joseph (1995)
, 2h58Directed by Roger Young, Robert Malcolm Young
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ben Kingsley, Paul Mercurio, Martin Landau, Dominique Sanda, Lesley Ann Warren, Alice Krige
Roles Ishmaelite
Rating76%
Joseph, a Hebrew, is an Egyptian slave to Potiphar, chief of Pharaoh's palace guard. When Joseph is placed under the charge of Ednan, Potiphar's overseer, Ednan torments Joseph for his refusal to show deference for the Egyptian god Amun. But Joseph eventually earns Ednan's respect when he reveals that he knows how to read, and Ednan starts relying more and more on Joseph.
The Hawk (1993)
, 1h28Directed by David Hayman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors David Harewood, Clive Russell, George Costigan, Pooky Quesnel, Owen Teale, Helen Mirren
Roles Bahnu
Rating54%
The film tells the story of a serial killer, known by the police as The Hawk, who preys on women in the North of England. He sexually assaults the victims before striking them with a hammer and picking out their insides, like a hawk, hence his nickname.
Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
, 1h33Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale, Burt Kwouk, Shabana Azmi, Debrah Farentino
Roles Lugash agent
Rating39%
Princess Yasmin of Lugash (Debrah Farentino) is abducted in French territorial waters off the coast of Nice by terrorists led by a mercenary named Hans (Robert Davi) in order to force her father to abdicate and allow her disgraced stepmother's lover, a military general with terrorist ties to an unfriendly neighboring kingdom, to claim the throne. Police Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) is tasked with solving the case of the kidnapped princess. While investigating her disappearance in the South of France, he has a run-in with the kidnappers, and a local gendarme, named Jacques Gambrelli (Roberto Benigni). Gambrelli opens the trunk of the kidnapper's van and unknowingly spies the Princess who he believes is the driver's sister en route to the hospital.
Abraham (1993)
, 2h55Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Richard Harris, Barbara Hershey, Vittorio Gassman, Maximilian Schell, Gottfried John, Kevin McNally
Roles Regu
Rating70%
Abram lives in Harran, a rich city. His wife Sarah (Barbara Hershey) is childless, and their only heir is Eliezer of Damascus. One day he hears the voice of God, who says that he must leave Haran and travel to an unknown land. God promises to make a great nation from him and renames him Abraham. The pattern for the plot is the Genesis chapters 11-25.
Company Business (1991)
, 1h39Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Gene Hackman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kurtwood Smith, Terry O'Quinn, Daniel von Bargen, Géraldine Danon
Roles Faisal
Rating56%
The film follows the exploits of Sam Boyd (Gene Hackman), a former operative for the CIA who is reactivated to escort Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko (Mikhail Baryshnikov), a captured KGB mole, to a prisoner exchange in recently reunited Berlin. The exchange is actually a cover for a CIA plot to use drug cartel money to buy back Benjamin Sobel (Bob Sherman), a U-2 pilot who was shot down over the Soviet Union during the 1960s. The exchange goes wrong after Boyd recognizes the supposedly imprisoned Sobel as a man he saw two days before at Dulles Airport, and is subsequently told by Grushenko that it really is Sobel, who is now a KGB agent.