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2 unusual facts about Josef Fares


Daniel Lemma

After returning to Sweden in 2000, Lemma recorded the soundtrack to Josef Fares' movie Jalla! Jalla! (which in turn rendered Lemma a Grammis nomination for best song, the romantic "If I Used to Love You").

Lars Jönsson

Since the early 1990s he has been the producer of several of the top-grossing films in Sweden and Scandinavia, being the usual producer for among others Lukas Moodysson, Josef Fares and Maria Blom, while also having co-produced many films by Lars von Trier.


Fares Fares

He is the brother of director Josef Fares, and has several times played major parts in his films, including Jalla! Jalla! (2000) and Kopps (2003) and son of father Jan Fares, also an actor.


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