Fahri has lost contact with Aisha, his wife, seven months ago, when Aisha started becoming a volunteer in the Gaza Strip. įahri, now living in Edinburgh and working as a lecturer at the University Of Edinburgh, lives in a quiet neighborhood together with Uncle and Hulusi, his Turkish household assistant. The film is crawling up to the fourth position of Indonesian best-selling films of 2017. The film received mixed and positive reviews from film critics and has been reached over 1 million tickets sold in five days upon release, and reached over 2.5 million in third weekend upon release. While waiting for news of his wife, he faces many problems from romance to distress for being a Muslim in Europe that is hit by Islamophobia. The plot follows Fahri, who has become a professor in Edinburgh, Scotland, and lives well but without Aisha, his wife who is missing for months when being a volunteer in the Gaza Strip.
It is a sequel from Ayat-Ayat Cinta (2008). WEB-DL | MKV | 718 x 410 | x264 507 Kbps | 121 min | 550 MbĪudio: Indonesian AAC 2.0 96 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded)Īyatcinta.Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2 ( English: Verses of Love 2) is the 2017 Indonesian religious drama film released on December 21, 2017, directed by Guntur Soehardjanto, who previously won nine awards at the 2005 Indonesian Film Festival through his work Juli di Bulan Juni. Following an incident on the metro where Fahri defends her against narrow minded bigoted Muslims, both immediately develop feelings for each other.Īs the story unravels, the protagonist makes the audience face the daunting decisions he himself faces, and forces us to marvel at his undying loyalty to the true ideals of Islam as he ultimately makes the choice of a lifetime. His romantic rejection destroys her and eventually leads to a false accusation of rape.Īisha, a German Turkish student in Cairo haunts Fahri with her beautiful eyes. Noura, an abused Egyptian neighbor, develops strong romantic feelings for Fahri, who in turn simply sympathizes with her situation. Fahri feels unworthy of her and thus ignores his feelings for her, leaving her confused and guessing. Nurul, a student at Al Azhar like Fahri, is the Muslim daughter of a renowned Indonesian cleric. Maria Girgis, a shy, open-minded Coptic-Christian neighbor who is attracted to the teachings of the Holy Al Quran, finds herself falling in love with Fahri (a fact she only reveals to her diary). Life changes drastically in Egypt for he suddenly finds himself surrounded by four beautiful, distinctly different women. All his life, only two women have been close to him his mother and grandmother. Only one goal is left unattempted: the pursuit of marriage.įor Fahri is innocent and pure, and doesn’t believe in the concept of relationships prior to marriage. Very disciplined and dedicated by nature, Fahri embraces his life in Cairo, completing his studies and translation of religious books with full enthusiasm, exactly according to pre-determined targets. Ayat Ayat Cinta is a beautifully portrayed Islamic love story a tale of a virtuous Muslim protagonist who overcomes all obstacles of life maintaining pure ideals.įahri bin Abdillah is a poor, intelligent student who wins a scholarship to complete his graduate degree at Egypt’s esteemed Al Azhar University.