Eid milad Laila (2008)

Réalisateur:

Rashid Masharawi

Scénariste:

Rashid Masharawi (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

9 avril 2009 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drame

Intrigue:

Abu Laila used to be a judge, but because the government doesn't have the means to renew his assignment he is forced to be a taxi driver...

Plot Keywords:

Palestine | Taxi Driver | Taxi | Candle | Cell Phone

Récompenses:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Absolutely endearing - especially for fathers and daughters everywhere

Ensemble

Mohammed Bakri	...	Abu Laila
Areen Omari	...	Um Laila
Nour Zoubi	...	Laila

Réalisé par
Rashid Masharawi

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Rashid Masharawi		screenplay

Produit par
Mohamed Habib Attia	....	producer
Wouter Barendrecht	....	executive producer
Dimitri de Clercq	....	associate producer
Rashid Masharawi	....	producer
Nour-Eddine Sail	....	associate producer
Othmar Sweers	....	associate producer
Peter van Vogelpoel	....	producer
Michael J. Werner	....	executive producer
Denis Wigman	....	associate producer

Musique originale
Kaies Sellami

Image
Tarek Ben Abdallah
Néstor Sanz

Montage
Pascale Chavance

Création des décors
Ala' Abu Ghoush

Technicien du son
Sander Houtman	....	sound designer
Wim Post	....	sound re-recording mixer
Issa J. Qumsyah	....	sound

Caméra et Département Electrique
Ihab Jadallah	....	gaffer

Divers
Georgina Asfour	....	script supervisor

Companies de production

• Cinema Production Center (co-production)
• Cinétéléfilms (co-production)
• Sweetwater Pictures (co-production)
• Fortissimo Films (co-production)
• Balsafilms (in association with)
• CTM Films (in association with)
• CRM-114 (in association with)
• Centre Cinématographique Marocain (in association with)
• Fonds Sud Cinéma (support)
• Palestinian Television (support)
• Wataniya Mobile (support)

Distributeurs

• CTV International (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Amstelfilm (2009) (Benelux) (all media)
• Barton Films (2009) (Spain) (all media)
• Kino International (2009) (USA) (all media) (subtitled)
• Maximum Film Distribution (2009) (Canada) (all media)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Laila's Birthday (International: English title)

Durée:

71 min

Pays:

Palestine | Tunisia | Netherlands

Langue:

Arabe

Couleur:

Couleur

Classification:

USA:Unrated

Lieux de tournage:

Ramallah, Palestine

Société:

Cinema Production Center

Absolutely endearing - especially for fathers and daughters everywhere

I had the privilege of watching the world premiere of this Palestinian movie (English title - Laila's Birthday) at the Toronto International Film Festival yesterday. It is filmed in Ramallah and follows the life of one father in a war-torn country and his efforts to make his daughter's birthday a special one.

The director has intricately inter-weaved the humorous situation of the main character with the obvious tragedy that's a part of everyday life in Palestine, and created a movie that touches everyone, no matter where you're from. It is by no-means a serious movie nor a depressing one - it just teaches you to take life as it comes.

It's a must-watch for people who are willing to explore movies beyond Hollywood made by people from different cultures, and see what they have to offer to the world of films. Thank you, TIFF for bringing this beautiful film to me.

10/10 to Rashid for his moving film, Mohammed Bakri for his BRILLIANT acting, and TIFF for great taste!