FROM ABDUL TO LEILA

Leila Al Bayaty

screenings

  • Thu 11.07.2024 19:00

  • Sat 13.07.2024 19:00

  • Tue 16.07.2024 19:00

Part of Cairo Cinema Days 7

The odyssey of Leila, a French woman of Iraqi origin who, after an accident and years of exile, reconnects with her father, a dissident of Saddam Hussein, by learning Arabic and singing her story, driven by an irrepressible desire to live.

Year

2023

Duration

92 MIN

Language

Arabic , English, French

Screening format

DCP

Subtitles

Subtitled to Arabic and English

Writers

Leila Al Bayaty, David Deboudt

Countries

GERMANY, BELGIUM, SAUDI ARABIA

Genre

Documentary

Cast