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Assalamualaikum Beijing (2014)

Assalamualaikum Beijing poster
Directed by
Guntur Soeharjanto
Genre
drama film
Country
Indonesia
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
13+
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman leaves her unfaithful fiance and travels to Beijing to write a travelogue about Muslim life in China. There she meets and falls in love with a Chinese man, who converts to Islam for her. When she is diagnosed with a serious medical condition, he stays with her.

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What happens

Assalamualaikum Beijing is a 2014 Indonesian Islamic romance film directed by Guntur Soeharjanto. Starring Revalina S. Temat, Morgan Oey, and Ibnu Jamil, it follows a young woman who travels to Beijing after leaving her unfaithful fiancé. While writing a travelogue about life in China, including the practice of Islam there, she falls in love with a Chinese man. He converts to Islam so that they can marry, and after she is diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome, he remains by her side. Based on a novel by Asma Nadia, Assalamualaikum Beijing was filmed on location in Indonesia and China. It was released to commercial success, selling more than 500,000 tickets, and received comic and television adaptations. A sequel, set in Ningxia and featuring different characters, was released in 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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