{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox film | name = City of Life | image = Cityoflifeposter.jpg | alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --> | caption = Official poster for the film | director = Ali F. Mostafa | producer = Leigh Clarke<br>Ali F. Mostafa<br>Tim Smythe<br>Tanya Wagner | screenplay = Gerry Sherard<br>Ali F. Mostafa | story = Ali F. Mostafa | starring = Alexandra Maria Lara<br>Sonu Sood<br>Saoud Al Kaabi<br>Narcy<br>Jason Flemyng<br>Natalie Dormer | music = Matthew Faddy<br>Barry Kirsch | cinematography = Michael Brierley | editing = Raul Skopecz | studio = | distributor = Gate Media Films<br>Filmworks Dubai<br>AFM Films | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2009|12|11|Dubai}} | runtime = | country = United Arab Emirates | language = Arabic<br>English<br>Hindi | budget = | gross = }} '''''City of Life''''' is a 2009 multilingual Emirati film written, directed, and produced by Ali F. Mostafa. Set in the United Arab Emirates, the film revolves around three parallel lives, amongst many cultures in one city, namely, Dubai.
== Production ==
=== Background === According to the director Ali F. Mostafa, the inspiration for producing ''City of Life'' came from his frustration with people comparing Dubai to a Disneyland. According to the director, "Most of them take one look at the glitzy buildings and assume it's an artificial place. My film has none of that. It has real people with real problems. Like any other city in the world, my film shows both the positives and the negatives."<ref name="CL">{{cite news|url=http://www.natalie-dormer.org/press/?p=57|title=City of Life" Captures the Spirit of Dubai|work=Celebuzz|year=2009}}</ref>
== Reception == === Box office === According to data produced by Italia Film International the movie ranked second in the local box office and successfully made over 500,000 dirhams in its first weekend.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/-city-of-life-makes-aed500-000-in-opening-weekend-155278.html|title=City of Life' makes AED500,000 in opening weekend|date=30 April 2010|work=Arabian Business|author=Shance McGinley}}</ref>
== Cast == *Alexandra Maria Lara as Natalia Moldovan *Sonu Sood as Basu/Peter Patel *Saoud Al Kaabi as Faisal *Narcy as Khalfan *Susan George as Constance Bateman *Jason Flemyng as Guy Berger *Natalie Dormer as Olga *Ahmed Ahmed as Nasser *Habib Ghuloom as Faisal's Father *Jaaved Jaffrey as Suresh Khan *David Chant as Senior Flight Officer *Kubbra Sait as Bollywood Fantasy Starlet
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|1159926}} *{{rotten-tomatoes|city_of_life}}
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