The Infidel (2010)

Having missed this at our Jewish Film Festival Jack and I streamed it on netflix a few months later and laughed a lot at the story of a not-very-observant Muslim in London who discovers in his late mother's papers that he is adopted and was actually born Jewish. Omid Djalili, a British-Iranian comedian, is hilarious as the lead Mahmud, as is Richard Schiff (I wrote about him in Made in Dagenham) as his dissolute Jewish neighbor Lenny, thanks to the script by David Baddiel (born here, raised in the UK, Jewish atheist (if you don't understand, ask me), he's also a comedian, actor, novelist, documentarian, and TV and radio writer and performer) and direction by Josh Appignanesi (Jewish on his mother's side, he directed one other feature, set in Israel). Another draw for me is Archie Panjabi (best known now as the sneaky and sexy Kalinda on The Good Wife, she played the sister in Bend it Like Beckham (2002) and a confidante in a Mighty Heart (2007), among other roles) demonstrating comic timing as Mahmud's suspicious wife. 

All sorts of farcical complications ensue, inspired by writer Baddiel's affinity for "life-swap comedy (Big, Trading Places, etc.)" and his desire to make people laugh about their fears when it comes to the interactions between Muslims and Jews. This is quite funny and is in English with British accents and only a few subtitles, now playing on your computer with a netflix streaming subscription.