Leila

5.7 / 10

(32 votes)

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.

Country:
Genre:

Drama

Duration:

80 minutes

Year:

2018

Director:

Naidra Ayadi

Cast:
Roschdy Zem

Hakim

Natacha Krief

Nedjema

Darina Al Joundi

Latifa

Camille Aguilar

Jessica

Doria Achour

Doria

Crew:
Naidra Ayadi

Director

Naidra Ayadi

Screenplay

Bernard Clavel

Novel

Olivier Gorce

Assistant Script

Aurélien Adjedj

Producer