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Leila (2018)

Directed by Naidra Ayadi

Overview

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.

Length 80 minutes

Actors

Roschdy Zem | Natacha Krief | Darina El Joundi | Camille Aguilar | Doria Achour | Faycal Safi | Meriem Serbah | Valérie Sibilia | Emilie Piponnier | Marie Berto | Sarah Karbasnikoff | Sophie Mousel | Guillaume Briat | Julien Cigana | Alexandrine Serre | France Darry | Jean-Paul Moissette | Karine Valmer | Karine Lyachenko | Rebecca Finet | Krishna Bagadiya | Jisca Kalvanda | Solay | Geoffroy Rondeau | Djamel Touidjine | Teddy Melis | Padrig Vion | Blanche Leleu | Luc Martinage | Mickaël Médard | Clotilde Daniault | Léonard Vindry | Jonathan Darona | Abdelkader Hoggui | Avant Strangel | Cédric Martin