Leila

Leila (2018)

Drama

Hakim and Latifa fled the Algerian civil war in the early 90s. They live since in the Jura, with their two daughters: Nedjma 14 years, and Leila, the eldest, left to study hair in Paris. Three days before Christmas, Nedjma receives a terse SMS from her older sister. She will not be able to come to join them for the holidays, pretexting once more an overload of work - Latifa attacks Hakim and pushes him to fetch Leïla. Nedjma will come with him, they will take the opportunity to discover Paris. Upon their arrival in the hair salon, they learn that Leila has actually never worked. It is the journey of a father who begins in Paris one night until dawn.

Director: Naidra Ayadi
Writer: Naidra Ayadi

Casts

	Roschdy Zem as Hakim
	Natacha Krief as Nedjema
	Darina Al Joundi as Latifa
	Camille Aguilar as Jessica
	Doria Achour as Doria
	Fayçal Safi as Morad
	Meriem Serbah as Dounia
	Valérie Sibilia as Hôtesse salon de coiffure
	Emilie Piponnier as La shampouineuse
	Marie Berto as La secrétaire école de coiffure
	Sarah Karbasnikoff as Concierge immeuble Leïla
	Sophie Mousel as La voisine de Leïla
	Guillaume Briat as Patron bar Le Royal
	Julien Cigana as Serveur bar Le Royal
	Alexandrine Serre as Femme enceinte
	France Darry as Vieille dame
	Jean-Paul Moissette as Vigile bar à hôtesses
	Karine Valmer as Hôtesse bar à hôtesses
	Karine Lyachenko as Barmaid bar à hôtesses
	Rebecca Finet as Hôtesse 2 bar à hôtesses
	Krishna Bagadiya as Vendeur souvenirs pakistanais
	Jisca Kalvanda as Prostituée africaine
	Solay as Petite frappe bar Dounia
	Geoffroy Rondeau as Travesti
	Djamel Touidjine as Chauffeur taxi salafiste
	Teddy Melis as Barman Pharaon
	Padrig Vion as Sous-locataire Leïla
	Blanche Leleu as Femme de chambre hôtel
	Luc Martinage as Jérôme
	Mickaël Médard as Collègue
	Clotilde Daniault as Suzanne
	Léonard Vindry as Cobducteur Blablacar
	Jonathan Darona as Le Covoiturier
	Abdelkader Hoggui as Un client du bar
	Avant Strangel as Passager métro
	Cédric Martin as Passager métro (uncredited)

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