The Infidel Page #9

Synopsis: Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his pretty 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. He conceals this information from his family, and with the help of his neighbor, Leonard Goldberg, tries to understand the Jews, their religion and even locates his birth-father, who is on his death-bed in a nursing home. Mahmud does not know that Arshad has been checking into his background, has videotaped him setting fire to a Jewish cap during a protest, and h
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Josh Appignanesi
Production: Met Film
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
TV-PG
Year:
2010
105 min
Website
306 Views


It's -- it's brought on

by anger, isn't it?

It's called a blepharospasm --

very rare. Yeah.

Tell you what,

why don't you just...

Close your eyes?

[ snaps fingers ]

[ rock music plays ]

In 1962 in manchester,

a baby boy was born.

His name

was jimmy monassa,

Later to be known

as gary page --

My favorite pop star.

Yeah.

Gary made one good album

and a lot of sh*t ones.

This one in particular --

really sh*t.

Gary -- oh, f*** it.

Gary "died"

about 10 years ago.

Yeah, at that time he was

trying to avoid a few tax issues

And nonpayment of child support

To five kids

from five different women.

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Stop, you f***ing idiots!

F*** off, you f***ing paki!

[ crowd murmuring ]

Now, his left eye,

the blepharospasm.

Well done.

Oh, and by the way --

not that it matters --

Just so you know,

mr. And mrs. Monassa --

Scientologists.

[ laughter ]

[ rock music plays ]

Come here,

you crazy, crazy man.

That's my dad.

Yep. That's my dad.

Dad, that was class.

How did you know?

I know. It's when he came out

and sang that song.

I'd -- I'd know that tone

anywhere.

But it wasn't until you told me

to open my eyes, son.

Thanks, my son.

Hey.

Hey!

Lenny:

Liverpool street.

Liverpool street.

Anyone?

Liverpool street.

Liverpool f***ing motherfucking

street station!

Anyone! For f***'s sake!

Man:
I can't hear you.

I'm pinned up in here.

Woman:
I'm never using

this company again.

Right, sorry.

[ telephone rings ]

Yeah.

Mahmud:
Yeah, I'd like a car

to lancaster, please.

Mahmud, where are you?

You --

you give me this job

And then you don't show up

yourself, you schmuck.

In fact,

I'd like three cars,

Like you're

supposed to have sorted?

It's today, lenny!

Today!

You schmucking twat.

[ up-tempo music plays ]

[ camera shutter clicks ]

Mmm!

[ man rapping in arabic ]

[ cheering ]

Are you all right?

Oh, mahmud, mahmud.

Saamiya:
Oh, my god, mahmud,

are you okay?

Somebody come and help.

Come and help.

[ indistinct conversations ]

Hey.

[ clears throat ]

Muslim enough for you?

Actually wasn't that bad,

you know?

Hmm.

I quite enjoyed it,

being a jew.

What was that?

What was what?

What was that?

What?

What? That you did --

you did --

You did a big...Gesture,

Big-nose gesture

when you said "jew."

I did not.

You did, too.

No, I was just doing a --

it's a friendly wave.

Who were you waving at?

What?

Who were you waving at?

I was waving at you.

Hey.

You see, no,

you haven't learned a thing.

You -- you --

you did the big-nose mime,

The schnozzle mime.

That's what you did.

It's -- it's -- it's all

anti-semitism with jews.

You know that?

It's true.

Asking to move your cab

is anti-semitic.

You know, I do a wave at you,

I'm hitler.

I invite you to my son's

wedding, and what do you do?

You know, if you're

gonna be anti-semitic,

At least stop sounding

so jewish.

Ha!

There you go again!

What?

There you go again!

What?

You -- what is it

with you people?

I don't understand.

I don't understand.

You are "you people."

that's why you have a big nose.

That's -- no, there's nature

and there's nurture.

This nose -- big, yes,

but it was made in pakistan.

It's not jewish.

You know, yeah.

That's -- that's right.

It was made in pakistan.

It's not jewish because it

doesn't have enough suffering

To be a real jewish nose.

You're actually

very racist.

You're very racist.

You know that?

I am not racist.

I'm saying that my nose is

a real jewish nose.

You don't even know

about you.

You have some papers

that say you're jewish.

I don't care

if I have a jewish nose.

Who knows if you're

really izzy's son?

I don't know that.

Let me tell you something.

Your cockney accent

is shite.

yes, I got to have faith

mm, I got to have faith

because I got to have faith,

a-faith, a-faith

I got to have faith,

a-faith, a-faith

baby

I know

you're asking me to stay

saying please, please,

please, don't go away

you say

I'm giving you the blues

maybe, huh

you mean every word you say

can't help

but think of yesterday

and another who tied me down

to loverboy rules

before this river

becomes an ocean

before you throw my heart

back on the floor

oh, baby, I reconsider

my foolish notion

well, I need someone

to hold me

but I'll wait

for something more

yes, I got to have faith

mm, I got to have faith

because I got to have faith,

a-faith, a-faith

I got to have faith,

a-faith, a-faith

[ intro to "this confusion"

plays ]

I went to the house of love

I thought it was the place

I should be in

I thought I knew

just where I was

but I was really lost

inside myself

I've spoke to many wiser men

they talk

about a brand-new day

unless you do it

through and through

until my soul

had gone astray

oh, lord, you've got

to make me see

you got to give some

you got to point the way out

oh, lord,

I want to see it through

I want to understand

I want to know who I am

lord, help me please

get through this confusion

you've just got to help me

through this confusion

never gonna work it out

never gonna learn

a whole new song

know I'm gonna be the fool

always gonna get it

all so wrong

but there is a way to go

never gonna set this world

to right

until I find myself

get myself in my own sight

oh, lord,

you got to make me see

you got to give some

you got to point the way out

oh, lord,

I want to see it through

I want to understand

I want to know who I am

lord, help me please

get through this confusion

you've just got to help me

through this confusion

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David Baddiel

David Lionel Baddiel (; born 28 May 1964) is an English comedian, novelist and television presenter. He is known for his work alongside Rob Newman in The Mary Whitehouse Experience and partnership with Frank Skinner. Besides comedy, Baddiel is also a published novelist and a screenwriter who is the author of the children's novels The Parent Agency, The Person Controller, AniMalcolm and Birthday Boy. more…

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