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Laila's Birthday (2008)

Original title: عيد ميلاد ليلى

2008-01-01 · 1h 11m · AR
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"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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Rashid MasharawiDirector

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Mohammad BakriMohammad BakriAbu LailaAreen OmariAreen OmariUm LailaNour ZoubiNour ZoubiLailaSaleh BakriSaleh BakriFormer Prisoner

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BirthdayTaxi driverPalestine

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Genre affinityDramaTheme affinityBirthday · Taxi Driver · PalestineDialogue densityDramaPacingShortDirector preference799540Actor preference647129 · 134993 · 799538

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"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.

How long is Laila's Birthday?

Laila's Birthday has a runtime of 71 minutes.

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