Jay Abdo

Jay Abdo

Nacimiento : 1962-10-21, Damascus, Syria

Perfil

Jay Abdo

Películas

The Strangers' Case
Papa Homsi
Tragedy strikes a Syrian family in Aleppo. This triggers a chain reaction of events involving five different families in four different countries.
Neighbours
With a fine sense of humor and satire, the film tells of a childhood, which, between dictatorship and dark drama, also has its light moments. How much friendship, love and solidarity are possible in times of repression and despotism?
Refugee
Papa Homsi
A Syrian doctor attempts to escape her war-ravaged homeland with her young daughter.
El camino de regreso
Liquor Store Owner
Una antigua estrella del baloncesto caída en desgracia y sumido en el terrible mundo de las adicciones trata de volver al sendero correcto como entrenador de un equipo de instituto cuya mayor peculiaridad es estar compuesto por un variopinto grupo de estudiantes.
Jihad in Hollywood
Self
Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent his life and rebuild his career.
1st Born
Hamid
Tucker and Hamid are going to be grandfathers for the first time, but only if they can come together long enough to save their first-born grandchild.
Ablution
Khaled
The bond between a disabled Muslim father and his son is tested when love is pitted against religion.
Facing Mecca
Fareed
Pensioner Roli comes to Fareed's assistance when the Syrian refugee is faced with the burial of his Muslim wife. Together they stumble into a bewildering forest of Swiss bureaucracy to which Roli finds beautifully simple answer.
Under Concrete
Father
A child in Syria trapped under concrete after an explosion demolished her home.
Bon Voyage
Kareem
Jonas and Silvia are enjoying a wonderful sailing holiday in the Mediterranean sea. But while sailing through the night, far away from land, they discover an overloaded refugee boat, close to sinking. They are shocked, but too afraid to help. So they call the coast guards but lose the boat out of sight into the darkness of the night. In the early morning they find themselves drifting through an ocean of dead bodies. The refugee boat has sunk. Jonas and Silvia manage to pull a few survivors out of the cold water: Syrians. This rescue marks the beginning of a dramatic conflict between the hopes and dreams of the refugees, and the fears and ideals of the holiday sailors.
Esperando al rey
Dr. Haddad
Alan Clay (Tom Hanks) es un empresario estadounidense que, huyendo de la recesión, se traslada a Arabia Saudí, donde la economía se encuentra en pleno auge, para salvar su situación económica y poder mantener unida a su familia.
Jihad in Hollywood
Self
Once a successful Syrian actor, Jihad Abdo is now struggling as a refugee while trying to reinvent his life and rebuild his career.
La reina del desierto
Fattuh
Queen of the Desert es un ‘biopic’ que cuenta la historia de Gertrude Bell: la escritora, arqueóloga y cartógrafa considerada la versión femenina de Lawrence de Arabia. En el siglo XX se convirtió en toda una experta sobre el mundo árabe y, gracias a ello, aportó sus servicios al Imperio Británico ayudando a expandir sus dominios en dicho territorio.
We've Got Balls
Butler
A small town with a population of 52 people has balls galore, as in bowling balls, which they use to form a zany bowling tournament to save the town.
Iraq, el valle de los lobos
Kurdish Leader (Jihad Abdou)
El Valle de los Lobos evoca un hecho real: el arresto, el 4 de julio de 2003, de once miembros de las fuerzas especiales turcas por el ejército de Estados Unidos, ocurrido en Suleimanieh, norte de Irak. Los once soldados turcos fueron esposados y los estadounidenses les cubrieron la cabeza con sacos de yute. Después de haber sido interrogados durante varios días, fueron liberados sin que se les diera la menor explicación. Este incidente, que supuso una humillación para el pueblo turco, sirve de punto de partida a la historia de "Kurtlar vadisi - Irak".