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Leila and the Wolves

Leila and the Wolves

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Leila and the Wolves (Arabic: ليلى والذئاب) is a 1984 drama film from Lebanese director Heiny Srour[1] and assistant director Sabah Jabbour.[2]

It was filmed in often treacherous areas and the filming lasted seven years.[3] In the film, the protagonist Leila, a modern Lebanese woman living in London, time travels through the 1900s to the 1980s, with each trip focusing on the centrality of women in Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movements.[4] The film won the Grand Prize in the Third World competition at the International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.[1]


References

  1. Hillauer, Rebecca (2005). Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. American University in Cairo Press. p. 183. ISBN 9789774249433.
  2. "Sabah Jabbour". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 24, 2021.
  3. Kuhn, Annette (1990). The Women's Companion to International Film. University of California Press. p. 383. ISBN 9780520088795.
  4. "Leila and the Wolves". Time Out. 10 September 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2017.

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