The Infidel

The Infidel (2010)

A Comedy Of Ethnic Proportions

Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.

Date of release
2010-02-18
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (133)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Josh Appignanesi

Casting

  • Omid Djalili — Mahmud Nasir
  • Richard Schiff — Lenny Goldberg
  • Archie Panjabi — Saamiya Nasir
  • Igal Naor — Arshad El-Masri
  • Stewart Scudamore — Tariq
  • Mina Anwar — Muna
  • James Floyd — Gary Page
  • Leah Fatania — Nabi Nasir
  • Stuart Antony — Drummer
  • Scott Walters — Delivery Guy
  • Soraya Radford — Uzma
  • Ravin J. Ganatra — Fahad

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