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Laila's Birthday (2009) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 9, 2009

Original Title:
عيد ميلاد ليلى

Alternate Titles:
Eid milad Laila

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
BrunBro Films
Cinema Production Center
Cinétéléfilms
Fortissimo Films
Sweetwater Pictures

Production Countries:
Netherlands | Palestinian Territory | Tunisia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 71

Overview from TheMovieDB

"At eight o'clock, it's Laila's birthday, okay?" Palestinian judge turned cab driver Abu Laila's wife reminds her husband. But on his young daughter's birthday, like any day, Abu faces a nerve-wracking shift in a Ramallah yellow cab armed only with an ex-jurist's misplaced pride, a father's loyalty, and a sticker reminding passengers that smoking and carrying AK-47s are prohibited. Rather than address politics or document holy war heroics and villainy, Laila's Birthday focuses on the toll that the unending Palestinian-Israeli conflict extracts from civilians clinging to both employment and a semblance of normal life amidst chaos and corruption, missile attacks and bursts of gunfire.

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Production

Assistant Camera:
Hanna Abu Saada

Associate Producer:
Dimitri de Clercq
Denis Wigman
Othmar Sweers
Nour Eddine Sail

Casting:
Areen Omari

Co-Producer:
Wouter Barendrecht
Michael J. Werner

Dialogue Editor:
Danny van Spreuwel

Director:
Rashid Masharawi

Director of Photography:
Tarek Ben Abdallah
Néstor Sanz

Editor:
Pascale Chavance

First Assistant Director:
Hanna Atallah

Hairdresser:
Moussa Ajamya

Line Producer:
Areen Omari

Location Manager:
Mourad Ismaël

Makeup Artist:
Manal Hilani

Mixing Engineer:
Wim Post

Original Music Composer:
Kaies Sellami

Post Production Supervisor:
Mark Dols

Post-Production Manager:
Marieke Brouwer

Producer:
Peter van Vogelpoel
Mohamed Habib Attia
Rashid Masharawi

Production Coordinator:
Hala Abu Sway

Production Manager:
May Ao'de

Screenplay:
Rashid Masharawi

Script Supervisor:
Georgina Asfour

Sound Designer:
Sander Houtman

Sound Engineer:
Issa J. Qumsyah

Sound Recordist:
Sami Bel Arbi

Sound Supervisor:
Wim Post

Special Effects:
Bashir Abu Rabi'a

Title Designer:
Joris Vos

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Mayssoun Sharqawi

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