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Bursting with mordant wit and alive with urgent real-life dramatic energy, Rashid Masharawi's Laila's Birthday is a "fleet, dark urban comedy," (New York Times) that "moves at a brisk clip, ticking incidents like a meter on overtime" (Time Out New York).
Original Release
10/17/2008
US Release
05/29/2009
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mohammad Bakri | Abu Laila |
Areen Omari | Um Laila |
Nour Zoubi | Laila |
Housam Abu Aishe | Gas Station Employee |
Valantina Abu Aq'ssah | Woman in the Queue |
Najah Abu El Heija | Crying Widow |
Ahmad Abu Sal'oum | Second Taxi Driver / the second taxi driver |
Khaled Al Masou | Employee of the Ministry of Justice |
Rawan Ao'de | Student Couple |
Mahmoud Awadd | The Mechanic / Mechanic |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mohammad Bakri | Abu Laila |
Areen Omari | Um Laila |
Nour Zoubi | Laila |
Housam Abu Aishe | Gas Station Employee |
Valantina Abu Aq'ssah | Woman in the Queue |
Najah Abu El Heija | Crying Widow |
Ahmad Abu Sal'oum | Second Taxi Driver / the second taxi driver |
Khaled Al Masou | Employee of the Ministry of Justice |
Rawan Ao'de | Student Couple |
Mahmoud Awadd | The Mechanic / Mechanic |
Marwan Awadd | Armed Man |
Saleh Bakri | Former Prisoner |
Yahya Barakat | Cake Seller |
Badran Bedarin | The Mechanic's Son |
Mahmoud El Cheikh | Passenger to the Factory Zone |
Fadi El Ghoul | The Injured Man |
Ismael El Habbash | Woman's Husband |
Walid Abed Elsalam | Director of Ministry of Justice / Director in the Ministry of Justice |
Ihab Abed Elssalam | Boy in the Toy Shop |
Khaled Hourani | Policeman at the Police Station |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Wouter Barendrecht | Executive Producer |
Michael J. Werner | Executive Producer |
Rashid Masharawi | Producer |
Habib Attia | Producer |
Dimitri de Clercq | Producer |
Nour Eddine Saïl | Producer |
Othmar Sweers | Producer |
Peter van Vogelpoel | Producer |
Denis Wigman | Producer |