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Laila in Haifa is a 2020 Israeli-French drama film directed by Amos Gitai. It was selected to be shown in the main competition section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Cast
It’s a heavy dark and humid evening in the port city of Haifa. We are entering a bar, supposedly to see an exhibition of photos by a militant Israeli photographer. Gil meets the director of the gallery Laila (which is an Arabic first name and in Hebrew a word that also means “night”).
- Amos Gitai
- 99’
- Hebrew, Arabic, English
The primary language spoken is Arabic, and we can feel the frisson of typical Israeli society being upturned. Laila in Haifa hasn’t been especially popular with the press corps at Venice so far, and perhaps it takes a bit of familiarity with the subject matter to see what’s edifying about the film.
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- Amos Gitai
- 99’
- Hebrew, Arabic, English
Five women's experiences converge at Haifa's best hangout spot, where Israelis and Palestinians share drinks, laughs, friendships, and their love for art.
- Comedy, Drama
- Maria Zreik
- Amos Gitai
Sep 9, 2020 · In the fictional story co-penned by Gitai and Marie-Jose Sanselme, the owner of the art gallery is Laila (Maria Zreik, Villa Touma), an ambitious young Arab woman married to Kamal (Makram J....
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Release: 2020. Runtime: 97. Country: Israel. Language: Arabic and Hebrew w/ English subtitles. Director: Amos Gitai. Cast: Maria Zreik, Khawla Ibraheem, Bahira Ablassi, Naama Preis, Tsahi Halevi, Makram Khoury, Tom Baum. Writer: Marie-Jose Sanselme.