Laila in Haifa (2021)
The film was shot entirely in a nightclub, with an adjoining contemporary art gallery, whose customers are both Israelis and Palestinians, in one of Israel’s most open cities, Haifa. A long night in a place where the most diverse people meet: Jews, Muslims, gays, heterosexuals, transvestites; and three women, who in that multifaceted microcosm, a gathering peaceful hideout, can find shelter from male bullying and arrogance.
Director:
Amos Gitai
Writers:
Amos Gitai, Marie-Jose Sanselme.
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Maria Zreik as Laila |
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Naama Preis as Naama |
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Tsahi Halevi as Gil |
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Makram J. Khoury as Kamal |
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Bahira Ablassi as Bahira |
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Hana Laslo as |
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Clara Khoury as |
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Hisham Suliman as |
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Thomas Baum as |
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Asher Lax as |
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Andrzej Seweryn as |
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Amir Khoury as |
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Anuar Jour as |
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Khawla Ibraheem as |
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Fayez Abu Haya as |
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Josephine George Nasser as |
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Waleed Mahamid as |
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Muzi Rap as |
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Mustafa Jaber as |
| Writing | Amos Gitai | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marie-Jose Sanselme | Screenplay |
| Camera | Éric Gautier | Director of Photography |
| Production | Ilan Moscovitch | Casting |
| Art | Ziv Koren | Art Direction |
| Art | Arie Weiss | Art Direction |
| Sound | Francesco Tumminello | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Amos Gitai | Director |