“Jalla! Jalla!” is Arabic for “Come on!” or “Hurry up!”.
Plot
Best friends Roro (Fares Fares) and Måns (Torkel Petersson) work in park management carrying out day-to-day manual jobs. Roro's Swedish girlfriend Lisa (Tuva Novotny) is keen to be introduced to Roro's family, something he has been reluctant to do because his Lebanese family would prefer he marries a Lebanese woman. When Roro finally decides to introduce Lisa to his family, he walks into the apartment full of relatives who are planning his marriage to a Lebanese girl named Yasmine (Laleh Pourkarim).
Soundtrack
Daniel Lemma was contacted by Josef Fares to work on the movie's score.[2]
Reception
Jalla! Jalla! has an approval rating of 56% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 5.6/10.[3]
