Ahmad Maryam Filming Locations

Ahmad Maryam filming locations

Where was Ahmad Maryam filmed? Ahmad Maryam was filmed in 7 locations across Sweden, Syria, Netherlands, Austria and Denmark in the following places:

Ahmad Maryam Filming Locations

Malmö is a coastal city in southern Sweden. It lies at the eastern end of the striking Öresund Bridge, a long road and railway bridge–tunnel running to Copenhagen, Denmark. In the city center, Lilla Torg is a cobblestone square with cafes, half-timbered houses and shops selling local handicrafts. Malmö Castle, a 16th-century fortress built by King Christian III of Denmark, houses nature, history and art exhibits.

Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, encompasses 14 islands and more than 50 bridges on an extensive Baltic Sea archipelago. The cobblestone streets and ochre-colored buildings of Gamla Stan (the old town) are home to the 13th-century Storkyrkan Cathedral, the Kungliga Slottet Royal Palace and the Nobel Museum, which focuses on the Nobel Prize. Ferries and sightseeing boats shuttle passengers between the islands.

Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east and southeast, Jordan to the south, and Israel and Lebanon to the southwest.

The Netherlands, a country in northwestern Europe, is known for a flat landscape of canals, tulip fields, windmills and cycling routes. Amsterdam, the capital, is home to the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and the house where Jewish diarist Anne Frank hid during WWII. Canalside mansions and a trove of works from artists including Rembrandt and Vermeer remain from the city's 17th-century "Golden Age."

Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine federal states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and federal state.

Denmark is a Scandinavian country comprising the Jutland Peninsula and numerous islands. It's linked to nearby Sweden via the Öresund bridge. Copenhagen, its capital, is home to royal palaces and colorful Nyhavn harbor, plus the Tivoli amusement park and the iconic “Little Mermaid” statue. Odense is writer Hans Christian Andersen’s hometown, with a medieval core of cobbled streets and half-timbered houses.

Ahmad Maryam (2019)
Runtime: 0 minutes
Rating: 7.5
Release year: 2019
IMDB: tt8804776
Plot summary

The film, Ahmad and Maryam depict a forbidden love story between a young Syrian Muslim man, Ahmad and a young Syrian Christian woman, Maryam. A story about the power of love and the price lovers can be prepared to pay to be together. Ahmad, the main character escapes not only the war in his country but also the impossible situation he and Maryam are in through their love for each other since they can't be together in a society where the culture and the people around them don't accept their union. They get married in secret in Damascus shortly before his escape and they carry the secret in their hearts. He flees to Sweden where he will start a new life and prepare everything so that his loved one can come and meet up with him later. We follow Ahmad during his time in Sweden through his mobile phone and all the action is shown in his screen with a creative narrative and the dialogue Ahmad has with Maryam and the loved ones he left behind take place in his phone from Ahmad's point of view. We also see flashbacks from moments he filmed with his love Maryam since he documents and shares all his life on the phone and communicate with Maryam, his friends and family on Facebook, Messenger, Viber and Whats App. The film is an inner and outer journey that describes the hardships and challenges a refugee encounter and experience in a new country and also the pain that he feels when he's far away from those close to his heart. Ahmad is tormented by guilt when he thinks about them being in the hell of war while he's in safety, an almost unbearable pain for him to carry.

Genres
Drama
Romance
Cast
Mashhour Alali
Hoda Alhallak
Ahmad Alharfi
Karin Bjurström
Directors
Saleh Jamal Eddin
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Ahmad Maryam filming locations