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The Infidel 2010 Directed by Josh Appignanesi

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.

Production Country United Kingdom
Language English
Spoken Language English
Release Date 18 February 2010
105 mins
Cast
Omid Djalili Mahmud Nasir
Richard Schiff Lenny Goldberg
Archie Panjabi Saamiya Nasir
Igal Naor Arshad El-Masri
James Floyd Gary Page
Leah Fatania Nabi Nasir
Scott Walters Delivery Guy
Christian Lees Bar Mitzvah twin Louis
Jonah Lees Bar Mitzah twin Sammi
Miranda Hart Mrs. Keyes
Chris Wilson Polizeibeamter
Niraj Naik Keyboard player
Madison Cole Bass Player
Rod Silvers Rahman
Amit Shah Rashid Nasir
Jonathan Tafler Monty's friend
Shobu Kapoor Kashmina
Syreeta Kumar Yasmin Aktar
Paul Kaye Policeman 1
Jason Salkey Policeman 2